I've never seen Sinistre used in French to mean Left and I've never seen French pedals marked D & S. All French pedals I've seen, if marked on the axle flats, have always been D & G (for Gauche) or R & L. With Lyotard pedals, at least, D & G (or usually the lack of markings) means French thread, while R & L, i.e. the English abbreviations, means the pedals are English thread.
Regards,
Jerry Moos Big Spring, TX
Hughethornton@aol.com wrote:
Italian - Destra Sinistra
French - Droite and, one would have thought, Gauche, but wonder if Sinistre can also mean left
Sinister, as in English, is the Latin word for left, also the root of Sinistra and Sinistre. Obviously a case of right = good, left = bad.
Hugh Thornton Cheshire, England
In a message dated 18/04/2007 19:46:22 GMT Standard Time, nelsmiller@msn.com writes:
Group---- I just won the auction of a pair of WAS pedals from Peter Paine. In his description of them, he mentioned that the pedal spindles were marked S and D.. Since I have complete command of the French language and remembered that the word for either left or right began with a D--- , I asked him if they were perhaps French threaded? Voila! They were indeed French Threaded. However, he also had a pair of Campag pedals on auction, and they were also stamped S and D, and were 9/16" thread. Does anybody know what the S and D designation is on pedal spindles? (I understand S and M)
Cheers and Thanks--- Nelson Miller // Seattle // USA