"Tendicatena" translates to something like "chain curtains" or maybe "chain tension" I think. I got this translation from reading an Italian/English dictionary, so I'm probably not quite right. Another translation from Babelfish said "tendi" is "you stretch" and "catena" is "chain." Are they possibly some kind of deralleur accessory? Or are they a stand-alone device? To me they look like something that might go in place of the jockey wheels of a rear deralleur.
-Samuel Pierce-Ruhland Racine WI
-----Original Message----- From: Pete Geurds <raleighpro@dejazzd.com> To: CR <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 18:44:11 -0400 Subject: Re: [CR]very early cotterless cranks
From: "The Maaslands" <TheMaaslands@comcast.net> Subject: [CR]very early cotterless cranks
> On Italian ebay, there is a set of very early cotterless Magistroni
> cranks for sale. It looks from the gap between the crank and the
spider
> that this was meant for use on a bike with a chaincase. They are
however
> neat cranks and would make a nice addition to somebody's collection.
>
> http://ebay.com/
Steven, Thanks for outing this. In checking the seller's other sales I found this: "Tendicatena per bicicletta BSA "
http://ebay.com/
Pete Geurds
Douglassville, Pa
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