Kevin; I wrote the buyer about the chainset and below is his reply. ...................................................... Peter He told me that he thought they were not chater lea. He could be wrong. The arms are exatly the same. That is why I put I believe they are chater lea. I can always take more picture if people want to see them closer up that is not a problem. so at least people can make there own mind up. I am not falsely describing them
Regards Steve ...................................................... Peter Naiman Shorewood, WI
> Hi Hilary,
> It is hard to see from the fuzzy photo, but the
> right
> unmarked arm also has a raised pedal mount, while
> the
> left does not. I am aware of at least one other
> European manufacturer who used the same form/design
> as
> this CL right arm, and in fact own a complete
> chainset
> from that maker. This seller attempted to keep all
> my
> money plus the returned crank, claiming I never
> returned it. Mysteriously the crank now arrives
> back
> in the UK after 4 months and now its back on eBay
> again!!! He also promised to reimburse me for the
> return shipping cost, which I asked him to provide
> (won't hold my breath on this request). All I am
> saying is let the buyer beware.
> Kevin Kruger - Grantville, PA
>
> --- Hilary Stone <hilary.stone@blueyonder.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> > Looking at the pictures I don't think there's any
> > doubt the right arm is
> > Chater-Lea too - the shape is absolutely correct.
> > Frequently when items are
> > rechromed the name can get polished out - the
> depth
> > of the original
> > engraving varies widely. But Chater Lea fluted
> > cranks come with flutes on
> > front and back and front only. These are often
> > mismatched - the dble fluted
> > are either pre-war or possibly early post-war. In
> > later years Chater could
> > only supply single fluted ones as spares.
> >
> > Hilary Stone, Bristol, England
> >
> >
> >
> > > From: Kevin Kruger <ktk17028@yahoo.com>
> > > Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 14:52:13 -0800 (PST)
> > > To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> > > Subject: [CR]eBay Chater Lea Chainset/Crankset
> > >
> > > Just a word of caution about the Chater Lea
> crank
> > > currently listed on eBay under the following
> > address:
> > >
> >
>
http://ebay.com/
> > > d=1
> > > I purchased this upon its first listing in
> August,
> > > 2004, and promptly returned it because only the
> > left
> > > arm was a Chater Lea (i.e., the arms did not
> > match).
> > > The seller claimed to have never received the
> > returned
> > > item, which prompted me to pursue a credit card
> > > challenge with PayPal. To the seller's
> amazement,
> > the
> > > crank just arrived back in the UK, and he has
> now
> > > relisted it again, without mention of the
> > mismatched
> > > arms. Let the buyer beware!!!
> > >
> > >
> > >
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