RE: [CR]Chater/Williams connection

(Example: Production Builders)

From: <"kohl57@starpower.net">
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: RE: [CR]Chater/Williams connection
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 14:43:21 -0500


Original Message: ----------------- From: Mark Stevens mountgerald@btopenworld.com Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 19:28:46 -0000 To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]Chater/Williams connection

First I must apologise to the list for not deleting the digest last night. Re Chater Lea having Williams produce their rings.

Mark.. do you or anyone else know if Williams manufactured the chainwheel and cranks for the RRA c. 1948-1953? When in England last I was shown one of the RRA wheels complete with the infamous broken crank (ouch) and then a Williams lookalike which I was told was what Raleigh sent as a replacement. What was interesting is they bore the same markings in the same place just one digit off. The only visible difference was that the Raleigh one had the Herons.

Peter Kohler Washington DC USA

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