[CR]Re: Aluminum cranks

(Example: Production Builders)

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Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 08:13:52 -0700
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Jan Heine" <heine93@earthlink.net>
Subject: [CR]Re: Aluminum cranks

Dennis,

If they did, I haven't seen them. I do know of the alloy rings. When did they come out? Together with Magistroni steel cranks, they were offered on 1961 Olmos as a step down from Campy Record. (The Campy Record-equipped Olmo in the next VBQ came with a sales sheet that specified equipment of the two "Professional" models. Both using the same frame, it seems, which was made from Falck tubing according to the decal.)

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Jan Heine, Seattle
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Vintage Bicycle Quarterly
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>Jan,

>

>I'm wondering if Magistroni might deserve a place in your list? I know that

>they offered a alloy chain ring, but did they ever have a aluminum crank?

>

>Dennis Young

>Hotaka, Japan

>

>>

>> I am interested in establishing an order of aluminum cranks,

>> especially (but not limited to) those with square taper, based on

>> their introduction. Here are the ones I know, with sources for the

>> dating in parentheses:

>>

>> 1932 Stronglight (later called 49D) (from article in La Pedale

>> Touristique and ads in same magazine)

>> 1938 Rene Herse (introduced at that year's Technical Trials, reports

>> in Le Cycliste)

>> 1947 Duprat Maniplume (cottered) (introduced at that year's Technical

>> Trials as "new," reports by Rebour in Le Cycle)

>> 1958 Campagnolo Record (available 1959?) (reports by Rebour in Le Cycle)

>> 1959/1960 TA with pear-shaped axle (cottered) (Rebour in Le Cycle and

>> Le Cycliste)

>> 1962 TA with square taper (Rebour in Le Cycle and Le Cycliste)

>>

>> I know there are other Stronglights as well, which came out before

>> 1960. What about other makers? Is it really true that there were so

>> few aluminum cranks until 1960?

>>

>> --

>> Jan Heine, Seattle

>> Editor/Publisher

>> Vintage Bicycle Quarterly

>> http://www.mindspring.com/~heine/bikesite/bikesite/

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