These spiders are already made by Bullseye. For those that don't know, Bullseye cranks have the 5 pin circle just like TA, he also makes (or made?) a spider to adapt the cranks to 110/74.
Chris Ioakimedes http://www.fattiretrading.com Hot and sweaty in Fairfax California
-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Mark Stonich Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 1:17 PM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]110/74 or 130/74 BCD Etoile? was TA Chainrings Availability?
Would there be any interest in "Etoile" like spiders, which would allow the use of modern 110/74 or 130/74 BCD chainrings on Cyclotourist (and other 5 pin, 2" {50.8mm} BCD) arms?
It should be simple for me to have my CNC guys run off a batch. (Not so simple I'd take it on before April 15th though ;-) The spider could be designed to give 2-3mm more FD clearance than using a TA outer ring.
Now this won't help on bikes worth keeping period correct. But if people
started using modern rings on their daily riders, they wouldn't be using up rings needed for show-off bikes.
Let me know if you think this is worth pursuing.
At 01:59 PM 3/11/2005, Daniel Artley wrote:
>I just got off the telephone with Mike Barry after ordering some TA
>Cyclotourist rings. He was telling me that TA is planning to phase out
>the Cyclotourist pattern and that he already can only get the track
>rings with the extra drillings to attach chainrings. Actually he said
>that he'd returned a few with the extra drillings and was then told
that
>was how they were coming now. He was hoping to convince TA to continue
>production as he says that he sells far more of the Cyclotourist style
>rings than the modern stuff. What to do? What to do? Circulate a
>petition at the Cirque?
>
>I hope Mike Barry doesn't mind my paraphrasing his words. I really
>enjoyed talking with him and am looking forward to meeting him and
>seeing his talk at the Cirque'.
>
>Dan Artley
>Parkton, Maryland
Mark Stonich
Minneapolis Minnesota
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