Re: [CR]Zeus crank letter codes

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Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 13:26:57 -0800 (PST)
From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Zeus crank letter codes
To: john@os2.dhs.org, classic list <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <43D5411F.2070308@new.rr.com>


Got me on that one. Quite a few Zeus parts were stamped with "M" meaning metric (French) thread. English thread was often stamped "BSC". Never seen (or perhaps never noticed) a Zeus part stamped "C" before (could the "BS" be worn away?) Zeus parts were made for several decades, so it would seem unlikely they could represent the year with a single letter (without a diamond or circle ala Campy). Perhaps a code for crank length?

Regards,

Jerry Moos Big spring, TX

John Thompson <JohnThompson@new.rr.com> wrote: Zeus crank arms have a single letter stamped on the back of the arm; I suspect this is a date code. Does anybody know?

http://www.os2.dhs.org/~john/Zeus-cranks/

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA