Re: [CR]Chater-Lea Cranks

(Example: Production Builders:LeJeune)

Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 14:32:52 +0100
Subject: Re: [CR]Chater-Lea Cranks
From: "Hilary Stone" <Hilary.Stone@Tesco.net>
To: Huthornton@aol.com, Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


Chater-Lea round section cranks were made for a short time in the late 40s ­ probably 1948­50. As you suspected they are fairly prone to breaking though they are extremely elegant. Soon after Chater went back to the fluted crank style though on thse there was only a single flute on the outside of the cranks. The pre-war (middle to late 30s) had flutes both sides and were generally far more slender in section. Regards Hilary Stone

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>From: Huthornton@aol.com

>To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

>Subject: [CR]Chater-Lea Cranks

>Date: Thu, May 3, 2001, 11:14 pm

>


> I have acquired a pair of Chater-Lea cranks with round section arms. They

> look elegant but ever so spindly.

>

> Do they flex under full power and are they known to break? Would it be the

> height of stupidity to put them on a track bike?

>

> I am also wondering what years they were manufactured and if there is any way

> of telling their date. They are both marked CHATER-LEA and MADE IN ENGLAND.

> The RH crank is marked on the inside with patent pending and a small letter

> C. The LH crank has a smal letter A, so perhaps they are not a matched pair.

>

> Would appreciate any info.

> Thanks

>

> Hugh Thornton