Originally Posted by
juvela
'76 was first year for this edition of the NERVAR Star series
If I remember right, the Nervar Star moniker was reserved for the one with the Campy-style 5-arm spider, with the 128 mm BCD.
The 5-pin 50.4 mm cranks didn't get "Star" in the name.
Because I was a racing snob at the time, I thought the Star crank was the only one for Real Men, and I looked down my nose at the 5-pin. But nowadays I would trade my Star cranks for the same thing in the 5-pin style for sure — so much more versatile.
A nice example of a Star:
Mark B