[CR]square axle taper

(Example: Racing:Roger de Vlaeminck)

From: "Bender-Zanoni, Joseph" <JBender-Zanoni@fishneave.com>
To: "'classicrendezvous@bikelist.org'" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]square axle taper
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:16:01 -0400


Ann asked if square tapered axles were the norm. Some Classic exceptions:

Williams AB77 had a tapered spline. Lambert had a square and no taper (hiss). TA had an arrangement like this (> with a cotterlike device.

I have seen triangular tapered too, that goes way back.

Joe B-Z
Great Notch, NJ