Re: [CR] Probably the best Strongligh 57 photos ever - follow-upquestion

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To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 08:01:57 -0800 (PST)
From: donald gillies <gillies@ece.ubc.ca>
Subject: Re: [CR] Probably the best Strongligh 57 photos ever - follow-upquestion


Hugh,

An auction for Stronglight 57 chainring fasteners (I was searching for "stronglight chainring") that are MADE by this guy was what led me to the Stronglight crankset auction :

http://page11.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/n89132011

His stuff is expensive at about $110 a set, but when you machine things from scratch there is a lot of labor (hours) involved to make 5 + 5 items. For 10x items, made from scratch and plated, the price is fair imho.

If you have no other source, I would recommend that your save your pennies and buy his fasteners because it will saves you hours (10+) of searching and is therefore cheap (use the time you save to go for a ride and get healthy, drop your health club membership to pay for the chainring fasteners, etc ...)

- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA,USA