Originally Posted by
bbbob
I've never seen a Stronglight cotter crank or spindle that wasn't "anglais" size, so why would they need to mark it as such? It's the Italian stuff that uses the larger diameter "metric" spindles in my experience.
Using your logic, why would they need to mark a Stronglight 45 as steel (A) when that is the only way it was produced? What you say may hold true for other Stronglight cottered cranks. . As ISO, French, and Italian spindles are nominal 16mm, it would make sense to mark the oddball English diameter. The pic I shared is of the first Stronglight 45 I bought for a French project bike. It did not fit. Did some due diligence and learned about the different spindle sizes. Also learned the meaning of the "A". Sold the first set and now have a set with no "A" that work.
And remember, gotta love the French.