Re: : [CR]Dura-Ace Question..

(Example: Framebuilding:Norris Lockley)

Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 23:10:18 -0800 (PST)
From: "Craig Sandvik" <distracticon@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: : [CR]Dura-Ace Question..
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


Jody Fonseca asked of Dura-ace cranks:
> I have a '79 set. 1st gen, fluted arms, very
> pretty, and a '90 set slab sided and modern
> looking. Can anyone tell me what the '84 D-A
> cranks looked like? More like the early
> ones, or more like the late?

In the 1984 miyata catalog, the team miyata has full dura-ace. Flutes in the spider arms and cranks, satiny beaded texture in the flutes. The pro miyata has a Sugino aero mighty crank that looks suspiciously like the later smooth polished dura ace cranks.

-- Craig Sandvik Berkeley, CA

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