Re: [CR]eBay Chater Lea Chainset/Crankset

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Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 08:55:03 -0800 (PST)
From: "Kevin Kruger" <ktk17028@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]eBay Chater Lea Chainset/Crankset
To: Hilary Stone <hilary.stone@blueyonder.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <BE044883.47EC4%hilary.stone@blueyonder.co.uk>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

Hi Hilary, It is hard to see from the fuzzy photo, but the right unmarked arm also has a raised pedal mount, while the left does not. I am aware of at least one other European manufacturer who used the same form/design as this CL right arm, and in fact own a complete chainset from that maker. This seller attempted to keep all my money plus the returned crank, claiming I never returned it. Mysteriously the crank now arrives back in the UK after 4 months and now its back on eBay again!!! He also promised to reimburse me for the return shipping cost, which I asked him to provide (won't hold my breath on this request). All I am saying is let the buyer beware. Kevin Kruger - Grantville, PA

--- Hilary Stone <hilary.stone@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> Looking at the pictures I don't think there's any
> doubt the right arm is
> Chater-Lea too - the shape is absolutely correct.
> Frequently when items are
> rechromed the name can get polished out - the depth
> of the original
> engraving varies widely. But Chater Lea fluted
> cranks come with flutes on
> front and back and front only. These are often
> mismatched - the dble fluted
> are either pre-war or possibly early post-war. In
> later years Chater could
> only supply single fluted ones as spares.
>
> Hilary Stone, Bristol, England
>
>
>
> > From: Kevin Kruger <ktk17028@yahoo.com>
> > Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 14:52:13 -0800 (PST)
> > To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> > Subject: [CR]eBay Chater Lea Chainset/Crankset
> >
> > Just a word of caution about the Chater Lea crank
> > currently listed on eBay under the following
> address:
> >
> http://ebay.com/<blah>
> > d=1
> > I purchased this upon its first listing in August,
> > 2004, and promptly returned it because only the
> left
> > arm was a Chater Lea (i.e., the arms did not
> match).
> > The seller claimed to have never received the
> returned
> > item, which prompted me to pursue a credit card
> > challenge with PayPal. To the seller's amazement,
> the
> > crank just arrived back in the UK, and he has now
> > relisted it again, without mention of the
> mismatched
> > arms. Let the buyer beware!!!
> >
> >
> >
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