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Old 08-30-11 | 07:42 AM
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See, they did this intentionally.......

Originally Posted by Old Fat Guy
It's a standard freakin' crank puller. It's not like it's French, or something else stupid.
Originally Posted by Old Fat Guy
So you don't feel like a total Frenchy, some (not all) of the later Campagnolo cranks that had integrated one key releases used a reverse thread on the left. Not so with early or much later.

That being said, just look at the freaking thread, it's either right or left threaded, it ain't rocket science. If it's not a one key release, it's a no brainer, unless it's French, then you just wonder where their brain was.
Originally Posted by Old Fat Guy
23.35 sounds like a perfectly French measurement to me.

I mean, really? 23.35? Was that Joan of Arc's age or something? Average age of the President's mistress? WTF?
Originally Posted by 753proguy
LOL, baby! (er, I mean 'bebe.'). Merci beaucoup pour votre posting, mon ami.
Originally Posted by MetinUz
Just to be fair to the French, Stronglight was first to the scene with their model 49 crankset, using a 23.35mm dustcap diameter. It is not their fault that others chose to be different.
So guys like you would not be seen riding around
on their bikes and dragging down the cool, sophisticated
image that riding a French bicycle projects to the world.

Glad I could clear this up.
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