[CR]LF hubs, SR cranks (Was: the meaning of "OT")

(Example: Production Builders:Peugeot:PY-10)

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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:25:48 -0500
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From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: [CR]LF hubs, SR cranks (Was: the meaning of "OT")

Greg Parker observed:
>Just a general comment here - it seems that lately, OT has come to
>mean on-topic. It's always meant Off-Topic to me, or so I thought,
>so now I'm getting confused (which is really nothing new, I
>guess....).

Maybe this is like "LF" hubs: Sometimes means "Low Flange" other times it's "Large Flange."

Then there are "SR" cranks...when you're bidding on 'em, you think "Super Record" but when the package arrives, they turn out to be "Sakae Ringyo."

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