Re: [CR]Curved Cottered Cranks?

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Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:49:48 -0400
To: Festiva 90 LX <festiva90lx@yahoo.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Curved Cottered Cranks?

At 5:26 PM -0700 3/27/07, Festiva 90 LX wrote:
>Were there ever any curved cottered cranks? I need a curved left
>crank to provide clearance for an ankle brace, and I do not want to
>convert to cotterless.

Unlike cotterless (aluminum) cranks, cottered steel cranks are readily blacksmithed.

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