Also spracht John Betmanis:
> >Pictures at the following link:
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> >Paramount http://www.wooljersey.com/
>
>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?
It really doesn't matter functionally. The only way I know of that it might make a difference is that if you do it with the nuts leading, there's less risk of catching your trouser cuff on the cotter.
Sheldon "http://sheldonbrown.com/cotters" Brown
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