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Old 05-10-18, 01:11 PM
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You just dont see that every day.
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Okay. That's cool. Very cool.
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That's quite a trick.
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What are we looking at? A triple with 46/46/30?
There are times when redundancy in a system is good, not sure about chainrings though.
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It looks like an alloy TA other ring has been mounted to a cottered steel crank as a cuff guard? Odd thing to do.
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Originally Posted by Wildwood
What are we looking at? A triple with 46/46/30?
There are times when redundancy in a system is good, not sure about chainrings though.
No, it is a standard half-step plus granny. 42-39-26. I usually use 42-38-26 but I had an old 39 in my stash and figured it was close enough. On these old bikes I don’t ride very fast so the low gearing is all I need.
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Originally Posted by rhm
It looks like an alloy TA other ring has been mounted to a cottered steel crank as a cuff guard? Odd thing to do.
The crank was drilled and trimmed to work as a spider for Spécialités TA pro 5 Vis rings. All three rings are TA. Still an odd thing to do, but there you are. :-)
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this has a m.c escher feel

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Nice set up. Looks like an old frame with 32mm tires as well. Clever. This is what makes bicycle mechanics fun. The older stuff seems to lend itself to these types of tinkering better (i think) than the new stuff. I don't work on the new stuff too often so perhaps I am off base here.

It doesn't hurt that it is a TA crankset.
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Those may be the cleanest, worn-out chainrings I've ever seen.

Honorable mention in the MacGyver awards.
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Solida crankarms?
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Solida crankarms?
Possibly. They came off a mid-70s AO-8 Peugeot.
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