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Originally Posted by LEAKYSEALS951 View Post
I've been wondering about that front fender all day.
The steel crank arms caught my eye. Cottered. Heavy. When I was a lad, cotterless aluminum were still new enough to be pointed out in ads and magazines on bikes that I could almost but not quite afford. Possibly held on with nuts, not bolts.

(A little later drillium grabbed hold of the collective consciousness and begat the concept of adding lightness by way of the lathe and the mill or the drill press!)
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