T.A. Crankset and Le Tour R/D
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T.A. Crankset and Le Tour R/D
170 arms 54-40 rings $75 shipped
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I don't think I have ever seen inner ring protectors like those. I cannot figure their function. Must be my old brain.
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Schwinn used these on the Sports Tourer in the mid 1970s, along with Nervar cranksets. 54/40 T was a big gap...
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I found the exact same crankset at our co-op. It is a bit odd.
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As noted by others above, that crank configuration was stock on the Sports Tourer. The extra ring is ramped to facilitate shifting the large jump between inner and outer rings:
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I did pull it off a Sports Tourer. You guys are good.
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Ach soooo. Veeery interesting. Thanks. Learned something. Cool.
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There was also a 5-arm Nervar ramped ring like that for Schwinns that got a Nervar crank.
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I like the way that crank looks. Those are some of the prettiest chainguards (/chainramp?) I've seen. I think this would polish up and present very well. For someone that uses 170 cranks, the look and the gear range would make this go great on an all-rounder build with vintage silver components.
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I've always found those ghost rings to be very unsettling to my eye, though fittingly psychodelic for the time. I would be very tempted to take off the guard and ghost ring to see how well it works in normal configuration.