Just a side note that some of the early genuine Raleigh Team bikes were not full Campagnolo equipped but instead had Weinmann brakes, Huret Jubilee derailleurs and Nervar Star Cranksets. Like Jerry Moos mentioned, they are every bit an equal to the Stronglight 93 (functionally and durability) but the chainrings are hard to come by. I have numerous pictures of the Team Raleigh bikes from old copies of International Cycle Sport ca 1973 with Nervar Star cranksets. Bikes are shown in regular Team livery with fastback seat stays, 1/2 chrome socks front and rear and yellow head tubes. Ridden by the likes of Trevor Bull, Brian Jolly, Mick Holmes, Phil Bayton, etc.
Eric Elman
Somers, CT
<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 3:48 PM Subject: Re: [CR]Nervar star cranks
>I have a couple of these. They were late 60's to mid or late 70's I think,
>roughly the same era as the Stronglight 93. These had a unique 128 BCD
>bolt circle that would theoretically take a 38T small ring. Not sure I've
>ever seen a 38T Nervar ring, but you used to see 40T around. I and one or
>two other CR Francophiles like this crank and rank it equal to TA and
>Stronglight 93, except the availability and selection of rings isn't as
>good. In the 80's, near the end, Nervar put out some more "aero" cranks
>that don't seem as well made. Ironically, some of the last Nervar cranks
>switched to the 122 BCD Stronglight bolt circle - at about the same time
>Stronglight was switching to the Campy 144 BCD bolt circle with Model 106 -
>at about the same time Campy was switching to 135 BCD with C-record.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Houston, TX
>
> Vladislav Luskin <vladluskin@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> During what years were Nervar Star cranks made and what is the consensus
> of their quality? Thank you.
>
> Vlad Luskin
> SFCA
>
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