larry chang wrote:
> Who made Lambert/Viscount's clone of the TA cyclotouriste? Did TA
> make this originally for Lambert? In particular, I recently obtained
> the Viscount crankset with the 6 circular cutouts in the outer
> chainring. The arms themselves are virtually identical to TA's with
> some exceptions, most noticeably, the arms can be pulled off with a
> regular 22 mm tool--now that in my book is a bonus! Is it possible
> that Sugino made this since Viscount was owned by Yamaha, thus
> leading to the Sugino PX?
I've often wondered that myself. The arms are superficially very similar to TA, but as you note, other companies including Sugino and Stronglight made similar arms. Lambert predates the Yamaha takeover and name change to Viscount, so any Sugino connection on that basis is doubtful. And the Lambert arms mounted on untapered spindles, which were often problematic as a result.
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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA