Bryant, I saw this (as well) on a Japanese website some time back.... it's astoundingly clever and over the top VooDoo that they do! Looks like a flange from a 3-piece Campagnolo hub bolted via 5 pin to the mod 49 arm. The rings either have a machined spacer to accept the nipples or it is a totally milled & machined TA 6 pin adapter. I suppose milling the right side arm itself on the spider shoulder to accept 18 holes was a bit of craft.
If Dale created a "Funky French Frankenstein" vintage bicycle category for the Cirque it might be worth a try at replication.
Matt Gorski
Stronglight Shore, CA
> I found this image while digging through a pile of my old Japanese cycling
> mags. It is a Stronglight 49 crank with a spoked spider. Has anyone out
> there ever seen this?? Is it real or simply some pretty cool voodoo from
> Toei?? If anyone knows anything about this crank, I would love to hear
about
> it.
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> Bryant Bainbridge
> Portland, Orygun