Don't know about the possible distortion, but Stronglight cranks will mount OK on TA axles and vice versa. Another useful trick which is pointed out in some older editions of Sutherlands is that Stronglight cranks will work with JIS standard Japanese axles, although it moves the chainline out 1 or 2 mm further from the frame.
Regards,
Jerry Moos Bog Spring TX
joel metz <magpie@blackbirdsf.org> wrote: if i recall correctly, the stronglight spindle taper is ever-so slightly different (shallower, if i remember correctly) than everything else. the ta taper is faily similar to campy/shimano etc. if ive got this right, mounting stronglight cranks on ta spindles would mushroom them out ever so slightly, making them not useful on stronglight spindles in the future, and ta cranks on stronglight spindles would be ever so slightly floppy.
-joel (in snowy portland!)
At 07:54 -0800 01.16.2007, Rich Pinder wrote:
>Howdy all,
>Anyone know if there are pictures up of early 70's TA equipment ??
>I'm curious about their bottom brackets, and wondering if it was
>common to mount Stronglight cranks on TA bottom brackets ??
>
>Rich Pinder
>[a cold] Los Angeles
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