Mr. Colerich asked:
I recall reading somewhere that Lambert used a bastard angle on their crank arms and BB spindles. Maybe someone can confirm.
Actually, they had no taper at all!! They were fitted straight on and used a 'special plate' to hold the arms in place. And yes, the bolts were not anyone's "standard"!!
Hope this reaches everyone,
Chuck Brooks Malta, NY NEUSA
-----Original Message----- From: verktyg <verktyg@aol.com> To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Mon, Feb 21, 2011 7:25 pm Subject: Re: [CR] Marrying cousins
John,
Most cultures have taboos of some sorts against inbreeding but since TA and Lambert cranks aren't even in the same species....
I recall reading somewhere that Lambert used a bastard angle on their crank arms and BB spindles. Maybe someone can confirm.
That the bastardy of Lambert products has been confirmed many times over; here's some other bits of information. Lambert used 5/16-22TPI or 5/16-26TPI crank arm bolts. They also used a 7/8-20 thread on the extractor so that you may run into problems when you try to remove the arm.
Add to that, Lambert had a poor track record for quality: example their death forks! I think that I also remember hearing about a high failure rate for the crank arms. Someone please confirm this one too.
Regards,
Chas. Colerich Oakland, CA USA
john strizek wrote:
> Have any of you had experience in filing or otherwise putting a taper in
> a Lambert Crank Arm? I have several sets of Lamberts and true TA > cranksets. I still have an orphan TA drive-side and an orphan off-side > Lambert Arm. I would like to marry them but the Lambert is not > cooperating. How do I solve this inbred dilemma?