It sounds like the first thing I ought to do is locate a 5-arm spider.
Are those still made for this model of crank?
-S-
Jerry & Liz Moos wrote:
>
> I agree with Dale. Those look like mod 49 arms, I doubt the rings are original.
> For replacement rings, if you can find a mod 49 outer ring, the inner ring will be
> 122, same as the relatively common mod 93, for which Sheldon still has
> chainrings. If not you cannot find a mod 49 outer, use a set of chainrings for TA
> Cyclotourist. In fact, mod 49 arms with TA rings were very common on expensive
> French touring bikes, including Singer and Herses which didn't have Herse cranks.
> The TA rings were favored for the wide range of available rings. I suppose the
> mod 49 arms must have been considered more elegant than the TAs - probably because
> the Stronglights had an engraved logo while the TAs had a decal.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
>
> Steve Freides wrote:
>
> > The crank arm is the same, but my spider is 3 arms instead of the 6
> > pictured. Since the spider can be bolted on, perhaps the questions is
> > "whose spider and chainrings" are on the cranks?
> >
> > -S-
> >
> > OROBOYZ@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > > In a message dated 3/4/01 5:56:48 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> > > steve@fridayscomputer.com writes:
> > >
> > > << while they are Stronlight cranks, I can find nothing that resembles them
> > > on Dale's website >>
> > >
> > > I see more than a similarity between yours and the Stronglight mod. 49s in
> > > this pic.
> > >
> > > http://www.cyclesdeoro.com/
> > >
> > > IMO yours are 49s .. The puzzler is whose chain rings are on the cranks.
> > >
> > > Dale Brown