Re: [CR]Pictures of Stronglight 3-arm crank for your viewing pleasure

(Example: Racing)

Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 19:11:10 -0500
From: "Steve Freides" <steve@fridayscomputer.com>
Organization: Friday's Computer, Inc.
To: Jerry & Liz Moos <moos@penn.com>
Cc: OROBOYZ@aol.com, Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Pictures of Stronglight 3-arm crank for your viewing pleasure
References: <c9.dbedaba.27d423b2@aol.com> <3AA2CADA.240D7C37@fridayscomputer.com> <3AA2D711.36912207@penn.com>


It sounds like the first thing I ought to do is locate a 5-arm spider.

Are those still made for this model of crank?

-S-

Jerry & Liz Moos wrote:
>
> I agree with Dale. Those look like mod 49 arms, I doubt the rings are original.
> For replacement rings, if you can find a mod 49 outer ring, the inner ring will be
> 122, same as the relatively common mod 93, for which Sheldon still has
> chainrings. If not you cannot find a mod 49 outer, use a set of chainrings for TA
> Cyclotourist. In fact, mod 49 arms with TA rings were very common on expensive
> French touring bikes, including Singer and Herses which didn't have Herse cranks.
> The TA rings were favored for the wide range of available rings. I suppose the
> mod 49 arms must have been considered more elegant than the TAs - probably because
> the Stronglights had an engraved logo while the TAs had a decal.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
>
> Steve Freides wrote:
>
> > The crank arm is the same, but my spider is 3 arms instead of the 6
> > pictured. Since the spider can be bolted on, perhaps the questions is
> > "whose spider and chainrings" are on the cranks?
> >
> > -S-
> >
> > OROBOYZ@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > > In a message dated 3/4/01 5:56:48 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> > > steve@fridayscomputer.com writes:
> > >
> > > << while they are Stronlight cranks, I can find nothing that resembles them
> > > on Dale's website >>
> > >
> > > I see more than a similarity between yours and the Stronglight mod. 49s in
> > > this pic.
> > >
> > > http://www.cyclesdeoro.com/Strglt49_Tay_db.htm
> > >
> > > IMO yours are 49s .. The puzzler is whose chain rings are on the cranks.
> > >
> > > Dale Brown