Hi Ed, I did some searching last night and found out that EDA made bottom bracket shells. However, I have not yet found out what the the letters stand for. I keep looking.... All the best,
Peter Rogers
Barrie, Ontario
>I have a Mercier 300 (early seventies?) that has "EDA" (in an oval) stamped
> on
> the top of the bottom bracket shell, just behind the chainrings. A search
> of the bikelist.org archives indicates that this has come up before. This
> has been commented on as occurring on the following bikes:
>
> An unknown French frame, a Jacques Anquetil, a Raleigh Int'l, and a
> Raleigh
> Pro.
>
> Also, on the CR Site, I spotted the logo on the underside of the bottom
> bracket shell on a fifties Louison Bobet (which has the same headbadge
> sillhouette as Mercier). This EDA logo is slightly different from the one
> on my
> Mercier:
>
> http://www.classicrendezvous.com/
>
> I am also curious as to what this stands for.
>
> Ed Arends (Long Beach, California - but usually in Hudson, Wisconsin)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "P.C. Kohler" <kohl57@starpower.net>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 9:07 PM
> Subject: [CR] "EDA" bottom bracket?
>
>
>> My just received 1970 (serial E8325) Raleigh Professional ("the white
>> one") frameset has what appears to be "EDA" stamped in an oval on
>> driveside top of the bottom bracket shell. Does anyone know what this
>> stands for? It's a very similar stamping to the more familiar BGF bb.
>>
>> Also, this and other Professionals has what is referred to as "Latin
>> Line"
>> lugs. Were these a house Raleigh lug or possibly Brampton or Prugnat
>> (which they resemble)?
>>
>> Peter Kohler
>> Washington DC USA