Re: [CR]Old Dura Ace Road Cranks?

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

Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 16:46:43 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Old Dura Ace Road Cranks?
References: <d4.214ab213.2f3a8514@aol.com>
In-Reply-To:


DonWalkerCycles@aol.com wrote:
> I have a "friend" ( I know, we all have a "friend")...he has some of the old
> style Dura Ace road cranks, with the large pedal threads in a 170 length.

Ah, Dura-Ace AX; I remember that. Memories of the aero-rage back in the early 80s.
> Funny thing is, he has no chainrings and two drive side spiders and 1 left
> arm.
> Complete with a pair of pedals.
> Any idea how much this stuff is worth?

No idea what it's worth; sorry. My two memories of AX are that Tim Isaac build a beautiful full aero frame (using Tange Aero tubing) for Trek and fitted it with AX components. It's now in the Shimano museum in Japan.

And Colin O'Brien, WI champ time trialer (now owner of Cronometro in Madison) whom we were sponsoring, came by to pick up a brand-spankin' new AX gruppo from Trek, hauled out the crank, marched out to the factory floor and laid into it with a belt sander. Not aero enough for him... :-)

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John (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA