I have a couple of these. They were late 60's to mid or late 70's I think, roughly the same era as the Stronglight 93. These had a unique 128 BCD bolt circle that would theoretically take a 38T small ring. Not sure I've ever seen a 38T Nervar ring, but you used to see 40T around. I and one or two other CR Francophiles like this crank and rank it equal to TA and Stronglight 93, except the availability and selection of rings isn't as good. In the 80's, near the end, Nervar put out some more "aero" cranks that don't seem as well made. Ironically, some of the last Nervar cranks switched to the 122 BCD Stronglight bolt circle - at about the same time Stronglight was switching to the Campy 144 BCD bolt circle with Model 106 - at about the same time Campy was switching to 135 BCD with C-record.
Regards,
Jerry Moos Houston, TX
Vladislav Luskin <vladluskin@yahoo.com> wrote:
During what years were Nervar Star cranks made and what is the consensus of their quality? Thank you.
Vlad Luskin SFCA
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