Regarding 1st generation Campy crank, I believe contrary to Mark's comments that the crank was made this way for more than just a year. My gut feeling is that 58, 59, 60, and part of 61 were first generation. I certainly could be wrong, but my feeling is that these cranks are actually not as rare as people may think (I may be shooting myself in the foot as I've been toying with selling one myself). I've come upon bikes that were made in either 60 or 61 that had them. That of course is not convincing - but just a hunch. There was also a transition crank that had the raised pedal lip like the 1st generation but in all other ways was like the typical boxy second generation - not sure when that one was made.
Mike Kone in Boulder CO
At 06:53 PM 5/31/02 -0700, Mark Bulgier wrote:
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>http://ebay.com/<blah>
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>Wes Gadd wrote:
>> >I never realized that the early cranks had this
>> >different arm/spider interface. Was this design weaker,
>> >stronger? Probably more difficult to produce.
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>and Stevan Thomas replied
>> It's been machined or filed away to eliminate "the crack".
>> Notice the file marks.
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>I'm pretty sure the '58s came that way from Campy, even though I've never
>seen one in the flesh. This is the 4th one I've seen on eBay though, and
>all 4 had that design. By '59 they were shaped like the Campy cranks we all
>know and love, with that knife-edge between spider and crank. Don't know if
>it's better or worse.
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>The Stronglight 93 (and um, what was the older one called, 63?) are made
>like that '58 Campy, or should we say the Campy was made like the
>Stronglight?.
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>Here's a pic of one I labeled Stronglight 57, but I don't know if that's a
>model name or a year. (I probably stole the pic off eBay):
>http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Parts/Stronglight_57_crankset.jpg
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>Mark Bulgier
>Seattle, Wa
>USA