Originally Posted by
paul richardson
These cranks were marketed by Madison cycles under the name of "Red S" and were quite expensive if i remember rightly. Had a set on my Romany until last summer, when i realised that there was no thread left holding the pedal on. Anyway, a quick search of the bits box in the shed uncovered a stronglight chainset which is virtually indentical.
Also as a bonus SOME Romany frames were built by Mercian i beleive
Excellent info and it makes perfect sense, thanks. I did check my frame number with Mercian but they don't recognise the frame number, though they didn't rule out the possibility that they built it. The frame does look very like the Mercian 'King of Mercia' with the 'heart' cutout on the lugs, the ‘Italian style’ seat stay tops and the ‘Romani’ forks crown.
Thanks again.