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.
No, I did not know that. Difference would be teeth/ring I suppose. Ok - for a 5 VIS described as a "cyclotouriste" how would one identify the ring sets to determine if the crank was actually a "cyclotouriste" set-up or a "criterium" set-up, etc... ?
If I understand correctly the "cyclotouriste" is the 5 VIS arms with cyclotouriste chainring set while a 5VIS arm fitted with Criterium chainring set would be a "criterium" crank. Is this correct ?
Thanks.
Richard Cielec Chicago, Illinois; U.S.A.
Fred Rednor <fred_rednor@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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/
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