[CR]Whither the Stronglight mod 63

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From: "Bob Hanson" <theonetrueBob@webtv.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 22:34:56 -0600
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Whither the Stronglight mod 63

Does anyone know exactly the reason why Stronglight dropped model 63 cranks and replaced them with mod. 93 (in 1970, was it)?

Was there actually a problem with the design of the crank arms, only discovered after all those years of production?

What a shame. I loved that pattern of the arms - flutes on each side of a central oval logo... Probably why I still stubbornly use 49d cranks on so many of my bikes, although admittedly with TA chainrings as often as not.

Bob Hanson, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA