Grand Bois,

Those fenders really make that bike!

I'm looking for where I read it. It's one of those you type something into a search engine and can't find it again situations. I could be wrong but it wouldn't be the first time or last.

I measured the opening with a digital caliper. But it was the opening. If you figure in the space the threads take that might be the difference. Velobase has the 93 being produced in the early 80's. But.....Classic Lightweights UK has production stopping in 78. It's not in the 1982 Stronglight catalog scan on VB so I think you are right.

The crank is a story unto itself. It was one of my first ebay purchases when I got into C & V last fall. When it got here I noticed the threads on the right crank arm were all messed up. About the 1st 1/4 of the threads were gone. They were french threads and I guess it was a cross thread or tap job gone wrong. I didn't pay that much so I chalked it up to inexperience and tossed it into the parts pin.

Now the bike I was going to put it on is about ready so I am searching for another one. They are gold right now on ebay, so I revisited this one. I took an old pedal and got the threads straightened out going from the back inward. So now this one will work and here we are. I looked at the dust cap threads and they are not very good either. So it looks like the fixing bolts with the dust washer on them is what I will use.

I really like riding with those big studded bmx pedals. So a 9/16" tap might be in the future.