[CR]Direction of cotters

(Example: Production Builders:Cinelli)

Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 17:57:58 -0500
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "John Betmanis" <johnb@oxford.net>
In-Reply-To: <45CF9343.3060705@swbell.net>
Subject: [CR]Direction of cotters

At 04:05 PM 11/02/2007 -0600, LTravers wrote:
>I looked at this bike today knowing that I would not be able to buy it,
>but not able to pass up the chance to see it. It is not perfect, but
>for a 50+ year old bike, it appears mostly original and all there.
>Seller says it is going to eBay.
>
>Pictures at the following link:
>
>Paramount http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/CV-6+Enterprises/Paramount/

I see in those pictures that the heads of the cotters lead when the cranks rotate forward. On most bikes with cottered cranks I've seen (from a quick survey around the house), the nutted end of the cotter leads. Is there a right and wrong way to install cotter pins and why? Why would this Paramount be opposite to what I've seen?

John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada