In my recent message, I said, "It will become part of my Great Moments in Cycling Design collection (with the Campag. Gran Trashmo and the Campag Sport RDs, and early plastic Simplex (if there are any in captivity with the original plastic front clamp), and a "plunger" FD. Ah, and the late 50s? Normandy HF hub with the left flange pushed out as far as possible, to maximize right side spoke breakage. Glad I kept that one. Should add a stripped out extractor thread Stronglight 57/63/93/99 crank arm, with its bespoke remover just a silly 0.1 mm bigger than the TA The TA fits, just a bit loosely)."
This is unfair, and I apologize. Stronglight was there first with a "modern" design, in the mid-1930s, with the 49a and the 49d, widely used with TA rings. I believe TA was next out of the gate, with a crank and extractor just a silly 0.1 mm bigger. This guaranteed that Stronglight wouldn't fit TA, but that TA could wreck Stronglight. I believe that Campy was third, but that's on the time line.
and we don't have to talk about the plungers &c.
Harvey "ready, shoot, aim" sachs
mcLean va.