[CR]mystery 5-pin orphan arm

(Example: Racing:Jean Robic)

Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:09:31 -0400
From: "Joe Bunik" <jbunik@gmail.com>
To: "CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]mystery 5-pin orphan arm

Hi all

Digging through a box of orphans at my LBS, came up with (what to me is) an unusual arm/ring. Wondering if anyone can help me identify this / or maybe have a matching NDS mate?!?

It's a 5-pin (ala TA etc.) arm... "AERO [cold forged]": http://flickr.com/photos/66275745@N00/tags/duralumin/

... tapered 170 arm, 50.4 bcd. "Duralumin forged" is cast on the back. Ring itself is 46t, and differs from TA in having 5, rather than 6 arms. Drilling for additional "inner" rings matches the TA diameter - although of course, they're not really compatible! :-)

Oh, and the puller threading is 22mm (i.e. not TA). All in all a nice, weird, orphan crank. "Just what I was looking for..." ha, yeah!

=- Joe Bunik
Pittsburgh, PA USA