Re: [CR]Jacques Anquetil riding a triple (TA cranks?)- photograph

(Example: Framebuilders:Norman Taylor)

Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:01:05 -0400
From: "Peter Jon White" <lists@peterwhitecycles.com>
To: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Jacques Anquetil riding a triple (TA cranks?)- photograph
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Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:
> I thought I had read here before that the TA Cyclotourist type crank arms with the modern cotterless design was not introduced until the early 1970's after a brief experiment with the unique "cotter-like cotterless" TA design. Whether or not that is a triple, it would seem to place the current TA arm design as early as 1961. Anyone have definite information on when the Cyclotourist type arms were introduced?
>

It is indeed a TA Pro 5 Vis triple crankset. And it's hard to tell but the rear derailleur appears to be a Simplex.

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