I have no way of knowing how well this crankset actually
functions but I find it's appearance to be interesting - and in
fact, pleasing in a strictly aesthetic sense. What I wonder
about, is whether he machined his own flanges or if they are
cut off of a hub and welded to his crank mechanism?
Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia
> Hello:
>
> Sorry about the delay in posting. It is a hand-made gadget by
> certain Japanese enthusiast (owner of this bike). Frame was
> made by Toei, but, this nice (or weird) crankset was not made
> by Toei. From the description of this photograph, 36 spokes
> are 1.2mm dia, chainrings are Simplex 51 and 45, crank fixing
> bolts are remodeled parts from TA crank puller.
>
> I heard that he is a professional mechanician. He can do
> brazing and welding (include aluminum). In this bike, he
> created and remodeled some parts (brake cable hangers, yokes,
> head light mount, handlebars, seatpost and some other parts).
> I am not familiar with him. but, I heard that he is a nice
> guy.
>
> Kenji Fusejima
> Yokohama Japan
>
>
> At 8:51 AM -0700 03.6.14, Bainbridge wrote:
> >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.
> >
>
>http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/spokesniffer/vwp?.dir=/Stronglight+Crank+Spider&.
>
>src=ph&.dnm=Stronglight+Spider.jpg&.view=t&.done=http%3a//photos.yahoo.com/b
>
>c/spokesniffer/lst%3f%26.dir=/Stronglight%2bCrank%2bSpider%26.src=ph%26.view
> >=t
> >
> >
> >Bryant Bainbridge
> >Portland, Orygun
> >
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