[CR]Cranks for Motobecane Grand Touring - French?

(Example: Framebuilders:Richard Moon)

From: "II LONG" <r4959l@msn.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 23:33:33 +0000
Subject: [CR]Cranks for Motobecane Grand Touring - French?

Rich,

Your lugs are certainly nicer looking than mine and yes, I have French threads as well, but the cups and cones are fine. Here's my question though. Even though just about any crank with a square taper will fit on this spindle, how do know the chain line will be worth a darn. I put on a set of Shimano 600's and there weren't enough threads showing to be safe. So now my local LBS owner, who is pretty wise in this area, said to bring it down and we'll just try a few on until we find a set that works! He's been in business for a longgg time and has acquired a nice selection of NOS, but I never asked him about this, thinking that something new would be prohibitivly expensive. I'm getting impatient now though and I'm on my way out the door.

Good luck on your project. This one has taken me about a year now and I still have two Raleighs hanging in the rafters waiting their turn!

Richard Long (RIX)
Temecula, CA
USA