Ok, I have to break a previous promise, but here it goes anyway.
If I could get a Stronglight crankset from the 70's, it's a pretty safe bet that it'll work on a Peugeot from the 70's with it's original bottom bracket...right?
I mean...did stronglights come on all older bikes, or just Peugeots? Or only Peugeot for a certain time?
On Sheldon's and other websites, TA and Stronglight cranks seem to be the only cranks in the context of old French bikes. So I'm thinking these should work...right?
thanks so much y'all!
\\paul -- Paul M. Hobson Georgia Institute of Technology http://www.underthecouch.org ..:you may want to fix my email address before you send anything:.
Ok, I have to break a previous promise, but here it goes anyway.
If I could get a Stronglight crankset from the 70's, it's a pretty safe bet that it'll work on a Peugeot from the 70's with it's original bottom bracket...right?
Most all Peugeots that came with a quality crankset had Stronglights on them stock. The usual model found since the early 70's was the Stronglight '93. Some earlier bikes probably had a Stronglight 49.
A '70's Peugeot will likely have French thread pedals so watch for that.
Stronglight parts (and most vintage stuff) seems to be going for way too much on Ebay lately.
Ok, I have to break a previous promise, but here it goes anyway.
If I could get a Stronglight crankset from the 70's, it's a pretty safe bet that it'll work on a Peugeot from the 70's with it's original bottom bracket...right?
Most all Peugeots that came with a quality crankset had Stronglights on them stock. The usual model found since the early 70's was the Stronglight '93. Some earlier bikes probably had a Stronglight 49.
A '70's Peugeot will likely have French thread pedals so watch for that.
Stronglight parts (and most vintage stuff) seems to be going for way too much on Ebay lately.
Bob
The Peugeot frame that's on the way (I'm not proud to say I got it off ebay) doesn't have any cranks. I've pictures of the bottom bracket and it appears to be a standard square taper...but i suppose there's no way of knowing until it gets here. I'd post them online, but something is weird with GT's server space right now. If you're a particularly kind person and want me to email them, I can. Although for now I'll avoid the 8th deadly sin of attaching files to my posting.
thanks for the tips!
\\paul
-- Paul M. Hobson Georgia Institute of Technology http://www.underthecouch.org ..:you may want to fix my email address before you send anything:.
Ok, I have to break a previous promise, but here it goes anyway.
If I could get a Stronglight crankset from the 70's, it's a pretty safe bet that it'll work on a Peugeot from the 70's with it's original bottom bracket...right?
I mean...did stronglights come on all older bikes, or just Peugeots? Or only Peugeot for a certain time?
On Sheldon's and other websites, TA and Stronglight cranks seem to be the only cranks in the context of old French bikes. So I'm thinking these should work...right?
thanks so much y'all!
\\paul
If the BB is good, a lot of cranks will fit the square tapers and give you a usable chainline. Old Suginos work well, and are around in abundance. Not as elegant as the Stronglights, but probably stronger, plus most of them take more or less standard chainrings (not the case with most of the old Stronglights).
Ok, I have to break a previous promise, but here it goes anyway.
If I could get a Stronglight crankset from the 70's, it's a pretty safe bet that it'll work on a Peugeot from the 70's with it's original bottom bracket...right?
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\\paul
If the BB is good, a lot of cranks will fit the square tapers and give you a usable chainline. Old Suginos work well, and are around in abundance. Not as elegant as the Stronglights, but probably stronger, plus most of them take more or less standard chainrings (not the case with most of the old Stronglights).
Whoa...thanks a lot. That helps a ton!
-- Paul M. Hobson Georgia Institute of Technology http://www.underthecouch.org ..:you may want to fix my email address before you send anything:.
On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 00:38:53 -0400, Paul Hobson <[email hidden]> wrote:
Sure... email them and I will tell you what I know about the frame. I a no expert in the Peugeot frames but I know a bit and perhaps a bit more about the stronglight cranks. Or, if the item was recently purchased on Ebay, just send me the item # and I will look over the photos. I was hooked up with a Peugeot expert a little while back - I'll try to look up his email and send it in a return email when I get yours. You can use the address in this post to reply to.
You can also often find the later Peugeot cranks that Stronglight made with a Peugeot label for less money on Ebay and still be somewhat true to the marque. Lastly, most later french bikes came with Japanese parts so depending on the true age it may have a Sugino type crank.
