Re: [CR]eBay Chater Lea Chainset/Crankset

(Example: Racing)

Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 14:09:07 +0000
Subject: Re: [CR]eBay Chater Lea Chainset/Crankset
From: "Hilary Stone" <hilary.stone@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: Kevin Kruger <ktk17028@yahoo.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050106225214.99639.qmail@web53205.mail.yahoo.com>


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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