I have a Nervar crank of that type, but I believe it is marked "Sport" rather than star. I believe the Star was the 5-arm with the unique Nervar 128mm bolt circle. What rare Zeus crank are you referring to? I have some old Zeus catalog reprints from that era, plus several cranks, and the only cotterless alloy Zeus road cranks I recall from that era are the Competition (TA Cyclotourist type outer circle, 151 BCD inner circle) and the Criterium (the well known Zeus 120 BCD). The "original" Zeus crank the seller of the Raleigh referred to was 52/42, so I assume it must be a Criterium. These cranks are both rarer than Campy NR, but I wouldn't call either extremely rare. Is there another I'm not aware of?
Regards,
Jerry Moos Houston, TX
Donald Gillies <gillies@cs.ubc.ca> wrote: Paint for a 1972 raleigh competition would be "LILAC". Parts are mostly Zeus/Simplex. Crankset is EXTREMELY rare (seen one on ebay in 2.5 years of surfing for zeus crankset) Here is an original 1971 raleigh competition with a nervar star (49d type, not later type) substitution:
http://www.yellowjersey.org/
Brakes, Bars, stem, seat, hubs are standard raleigh comp/international : Weinmann Lima-bean-holed QR brakes, GB map-of-england, GB stem, Brooks B-15/17, Normandy Comps, The B-15 was a cheapo version of the B-17 and had thinner leather. Hubs were probably weinmann tubs. Seat tube if you're really anal was birmalux. Seat bolt was Raleigh "R" nut. Plugs were Milremo star.
There _WAS_ a lilac competition on ebay a few months ago where the owner had repainted it although it was a 1973 which had the capella lugs. He liked the lilac color a lot more than the flat black (who can blame him.)
Raleigh hoods can be restored with acetone but WATCH OUT !! It _will_ dissolve a little bit of the plastic, so make sure to mask off the "Carlton" logo or you might lose it !
- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA