Re: [CR]Suntour, Sugino, SR oval cranks

(Example: Framebuilders:Richard Moon)

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Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 16:34:48 -0500
To: Steve Leitgen <sleitgen@charter.net>, CR List <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Suntour, Sugino, SR oval cranks


Quoth Steve Leitgen:
>
>I'm taking a break from my french theme bike and just finishing a
>Japanese one. Decided to put on some oval rings (Biopace). Should be
>from 1981 or so.

No, newer than that. These were mainly around in the late '80s.
>If the right crank arm is at 12o'clock where do you put the fat part
>of the ring? 2 o'clock, 10 o'clock?

12 o'clock. There's a little tab on the inner radius of each of the rings, this tab is intended to hide behind the right arm.

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