Re: [CR]Cottered steel Milremo cranks?

(Example: Framebuilders:Norman Taylor)

Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:22:50 -0800 (PST)
From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Cottered steel Milremo cranks?
To: oroboyz@aol.com, dartley@co.ba.md.us
In-Reply-To: <8C8D721AE38821E-3E0-980C@WEBMAIL-MB15.sysops.aol.com>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

Milremo hubs were relabeled Normandy Competitions. BTW, in the early days of the CR list, one of the West Coast members posted a totally false but absolutely hilarious account of the origin of the Milremo name. It had me rolling on the floor. His excuse was that he posted it on April Fool's Day. I'm not sure if the archives go back that far, but if so, someone should retrieve it and post it every April1.

Regards,

Jerry Moos Big Spring, TX

oroboyz@aol.com wrote: Milremo was a brand trademark shared between Andre Bertin and Ron Kitching (I assume it originated with Bertin but Kitching added a lot of value through his energetic promtion). Most components were manufactured by other well known makers and just relabeled. (Rims were Super Champion I think) There were a few unique products or products so highly customized that they appeared unique. (brakes, for instance)

Line flourished from postwar through late 70s? Dale Brown Greensboro, North Carolina USA

-----Original Message----- From: dartley@co.ba.md.us To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 7:36 AM Subject: [CR]Cottered steel Milremo cranks?

I just purchased a bicycle with steel cottered Milremo cranks that have the five bolt pattern for TA cyclotourist chainrings. I'm curious where these were made, when they began production and for how long they were made. I'm not a big fan of steel cottered cranks, but with the ease of changing chainrings so easily, it seems like a nice setup to have. They came on a Jack Taylor Mixte, beautiful frame, but with a moderate range group of parts. Could anyone please tell me more about these cranks?

Happy trails,

Dan Artley in Parkton, Maryland