> OK, this is a new one for me ... a late NSR era
> crank with this on the back:
>
> 165 PISTA [11] xX
>
> http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/7338/a8uq2.jpg
Mark,
I believe the "11" in the square indicates that the crank
was manufactured in 1985. But I have no idea what the "XX"
indicates. Perhaps it's like the "Z" you sometimes see on
bottom bracket spindles; i.e. some sort of undocumented
production code.
Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)