Re: [CR]TA Track Crank - Bike Nerd type question

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Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:08:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Fred Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]TA Track Crank - Bike Nerd type question
To: r cielec <teaat4p@yahoo.com>, Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <710584.55885.qm@web53601.mail.re2.yahoo.com>


> Did TA make a track crank in the 5-pin "Cyclo > Touriste" style and was it marked as a track > crank ? Rich, Mais oui! Of course, as far as I know, the TA company never actually called the base Pro 5 VIS crankset "Cyclotouriste", although they sold Cyclotouriste chainring sets for the 5 VIS arms. But there were also Criterium chainring sets, Criterium Adapteurs, Piste chainrings and Piste chainrings to fit the Criterium Adapteur. (Piste = Track)

By the way, for all intents and purposes, their tandem timing chainrings are 3/32" Piste rings with an ultra-minimal tooth count. (And on my tandem, we replaced those small timing rings with track - i.e. Piste - chainrings.)

I actually have examples of all this stuff in my house, but no decent photos. Still, a good place to look is here: http://www.blackbirdsf.org/ta/pro5.html and scroll down for the pieces with a "p" prefix, such as p205 and p1755. Presumably, "p" indicates Piste, but I've never seen that stated explicitly. So perhaps "p" indicates "pas de problem"? Amitiés, Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)

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