At 9:24 PM -0500 3/2/01, Steve Freides wrote:
>My long-awaited Meteor arrived earlier today; the non-drive side crank says
>Stronglight in big letters and "DEPOSE" in smaller ones. Is that some sort
>of generic term or a reference to the model?
It's not a model name, nor part of a model name. It means
"registered" (as in a trade mark.)
>It has thread-on caps and thus, I think, it's cotterless.
If it wasn't cotterless, the cotters would be obvious.
>The bike is
>vintage approximately 1960 and I'm trying to determine what's original and
>what's not on it. The bolt circle is one I'm not familiar with and the
>rings are 52 and 36, with pretty big nuts and bolts holding the big ring on,
>13mm nuts, I'm guessing just by eyeballing them.
>
>Any info much appreciated. I'm hoping to finish putting it together and get
>it out on the road tomorrow or Sunday.
How many bolts?
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