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So the crank replacements. The RH cranks are one of those iconic looking things that make the bike. Skinny alloy, three arms and the big jump between the 46 and 26 chainrings. To maintain that look, I looked around for a Stronglight 49D NDS crank arm. They looked so similar I thought I could get away with it and not really notice. I didn’t find one, but an early Stronglight crankset popped up on eBay with TA 48/44/28 rings at not too silly money. That was the look I was after so I snapped it up and cut down the chainring bolts to turn it into a 48/28 double, almost exactly as per the original. Early Stronglight rings didn’t come with a big jump like that, but the TA drilled for a triple has that small bcd that accommodates a small ring.
Last bit, which I should have checked first, was to check it actually fitted on the BB taper. Perfect fit!
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