Re: [CR]Zeus "touriing" cranks interchange?

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing:Falck)

Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 03:53:38 -0800 (PST)
From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Zeus "touriing" cranks interchange?
To: HM & SS Sachs <sachs@erols.com>, Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: 6667


Strange - I don't think I've actually tried this combo, probably just trusted Sutherlands. I have got TA rings to fit Stronglight 49, Nervar Sport, Lambert and even Shimano Deore. Odd that Zeus arms should be the only ones that don't interchange.

Regards,

Jerry Moos Houston, TX

HM & SS Sachs <sachs@erols.com> wrote: Jerry Moos wrote "By the way, the Zeus crank on the CR site bike is a Zeus Competition, which may have been where Raleigh got the name for the bike. It has the very small outer ring bolt circle ala TA Cyclotourist or Stronglight 49, but I believe the inner ring is 151 BCD like the old pre-NR Campy Record. And the Zeus Criterium RD has nor more range than a Campy NR, so this is not a great setup for hills, at least for us old farts. But you could probably fit a complete pair of TA chainrings to the Zeus crankarm. +++++++++++++++ I tried substituting a TA or Stronglight on these Zeus cranks once upon a time, and couldn't get it to work. Sutherland says 50.4 BCD for both, so either memory fails or there was some other interference. In any case, I would use caution before spending lots of $$ and intending to marry up the parts.

harvey sachs
mcLean va