Re: [CR]TA CRANK TIMELINE

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In-Reply-To: <C417BDFA.8BCE%mdschmidt56@verizon.net>
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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 16:49:08 -0800
To: Michael Schmidt <mdschmidt56@verizon.net>, nelson miller <nelsmiller@msn.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "Jan Heine" <heine94@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]TA CRANK TIMELINE


>On 4/1/08 9:18 AM, "nelson miller" <nelsmiller@msn.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Group -- I have one of the old TA cranksets that has the strange axle that
>> is half round and half right-angle square, with the unique cotters. Does a
>> nybody know what dates this would be from? No, I'm not fishing and I don't
>> want to sell it... :-) Thanks for your help.
>>
>> Nelson Miller
>> Seattle, WA
> > USA

The timeline is in the TA history, Bicycle Quarterly Vol. 6, No. 1, p. 8.

The TA cranks were introduced in 1960 with the pear-shaped axle. In 1962, they were replaced with the square-taper cranks (standard design). The earlier model was not a success, so it is likely that they stayed in various catalogues (including TA's) for quite a while - until stocks were depleted.

Jan Heine
Editor
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