Re: [CR] ebay--"Queer reversible" cottered steel cranks, #360128800744

(Example: Racing:Beryl Burton)

Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 05:46:28 -0800
From: "Alan Lloyd" <adl2k@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: [CR] ebay--"Queer reversible" cottered steel cranks, #360128800744


It is hard to see the details on the chain-ring crank, but on t'other it looks like the locking mechanism will only allow the pedal-head to rotate through 90 degrees - which suggests it is to make the bike more compact, perhaps it was even for an early folder?

Alan Lloyd
Schaumburg, Illinois, U.S.A.