>By the way, when did TA enter the scene with tapered bbs and cranks ?
ta was founded in 1947, and their first products were chainwheels and adaptors - their first square taper crankset (the pro 5 vis, what many know as the cyclotouriste) was introduced in 1963 - i dont have a date for the bottom bracket, but id guess it was at roughly the same time - there were earlier bbs to fit the cottered/cotterless "criterium" crankset, and the only difference would be the spindle...
-joel
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i know what innocence looks like - and it wasn't there,
after she got that bicycle...