Re: [CR]two questions: Raleigh GS mixte and Lambert/Viscount crankset

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Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:31:23 -0400
To: larry chang <aam4w@yahoo.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]two questions: Raleigh GS mixte and Lambert/Viscount crankset

Quoth larry chang:
>2. Who made Lambert/Viscount's clone of the TA cyclotouriste? Did TA
>make this originally for Lambert?

I VERY much doubt that. Most, if not all of the Lambert TA-clone cranks had a fatal design flaw: The spindle had a parallel square end, instead of the normal tapered square.

When they get loose, there's no way to tighten 'em.

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