I have a pair in the box , with those same threads .
The enclosed slip of paper reads :
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Specialites TA
Nos filetages de pedale au standard metrique de ( 14 / 125 ) s'adapte sur les manivelles au standard BSC ou metrique
Our pedal thread made according metric standard ( 14 / 125 ) can be fitted on both BSC or metric crank standard
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I had the basically same thoughts as Jerry . If the were from "Bad-Dog-Engineering , Made-In-Tierra-Del-Fuego" , I would not trust them . But this is T A ? Does that mean it's O.K. ?
Ends of spindles are marked " BSC-D " & " BSC-G " .
The dust caps / grease-fitting caps , no longer come with the little foil stickers .
The cages are still that nicely finished aluminum ( natural color ) . The steel hardware is still so perfect it's a joy to see it .
The body of the pedal looks like the same casting ( not a forging ? ) , but with less finish work . It's shiny , but not as smooth as it used to be . It would be fun ( but would take time ) to sit down in front of the T.V. , with some tiny fine files , and some emery cloth , and some 00000 steel wool , and some Simichrome , and put a fine hand finish on these pedals . It might take a situation comedy , two dramas , and a movie of the week , for each pedal .
Raoul Delmare
Marysville Kansas
I recently ordered some TA pedals thru a list member, two pairs English, one French. He has gotten back to me to say that TA now makes only one pedal thread, slightly larger than French, which is supposed to work with both French and English crankarms. I would not touch such a "one size fits all" product from any other company, but TA has long been known for outstanding engineering, albeit with the usual French idiosyncrasies. Does anyone else know anything about these? It is true that the two threads are close, French arms are easily tapped to English, and one can force English pedals into a French arm, or thread French pedals somewhat loosely into an English arm. But not only are the thead diameters a little different, but the pitch is not identical. Has anyone actually used these pedals? This may lend some credence to an account I posted on the list a couple of years ago about my 1973 Lejeune coming with French pedals installed in English crankarms, which I did not discover until upgrading the pedals a year later. Some list members were skeptical of that accound at the time.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Houston, TX