The photos in Ollivier's book from the Tour 1958 and the Rebour drawing of his bike show a cottered (steel) 3-arm crankset, like the Stronglight. So he used different cranks on different stages. Do you know during which stages these photos were taken?
Jan Heine, Seattle Editor/Publisher Vintage Bicycle Quarterly c/o Il Vecchio Bicycles 140 Lakeside Ave, Ste. C Seattle WA 98122 http://www.vintagebicyclepress.com
>Judging by the six arm spider I would guess TA adaptor chainset?
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>Paul Raley
>Leonardtown MD
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>"Aldo Ross" <aldoross4@siscom.net> wrote:
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>>I've added two pics of Charly Gaul from the 1958 Tour de France. They
>>aren't great, but the best I could find in my stash. Perhaps someone
>>can identify the crankset?
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>>http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/album17/Gaul_1958_TdF?full=1
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>>Aldo Ross
>>Middletown, Ohio
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