Very odd. I always thought the only virtue of that very small bolt circle was that you could use any rings with any arms, as long as you used a full set of rings. Wonder why Zeus would make them just that little bit different? But then, why did they make the Criterium/2000 bolt circle just 2mm smaller than Stronglight 93, or use 16mm crank bolts with 22mm extractor thread? It wasn't only the French who did strange things. I guess that is why Zeus fascinates me almost as much as the French stuff.
Regards,
Jerry Moos Houston, TX
scott davis <francopedia@yahoo.com> wrote:
Jerry Moos wrote "By the way, the Zeus crank on the CR site bike is a Zeus Competition, which may have been where Raleigh got the name for the bike. It has the very small outer ring bolt circle ala TA Cyclotourist or Stronglight 49, but I believe the inner ring is 151 BCD like the old pre-NR Campy Record. And the Zeus Criterium RD has nor more range than a Campy NR, so this is not a great setup for hills, at least for us old farts. But you could probably fit a complete pair of TA chainrings to the Zeus crankarm. +++++++++++++++ I tried substituting a TA or Stronglight on these Zeus cranks once upon a time, and couldn't get it to work. Sutherland says 50.4 BCD for both, so either memory fails or there was some other interference. In any case, I would use caution before spending lots of $$ and intending to marry up the parts.harvey sachs mcLean va
I had the same problem as Harvey w/ zeus cranks. The small Zeus inner BCD is different from TA/Stronglight. Only the Zeus ring will fit. SCOTT DAVIS ST.PAUL,MN
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