<------ Bicycling Magazine 11-1969 ------> Gitane Europa Tandem
Date: 11/12/2011
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<------------------ SOLD ------------------> WEYLESS pedals - "road" profile cages (USED)
Weyless pedals - quill style - chrome plated Cr/Mo axles - one-piece machined aluminum alloy bodies - Black anodized replaceable / interchangeable aluminum alloy cages (road style in this instance) - precision stainless steel annular sealed bearings - 9/16" x 20 TPI thread - 6 mm hex mounting through backside of the crank arms - model W-PR ... [Quantity 1 pair - USED - only nominal evidence of use to be found on the cages and bodies, most noticeably on the quill end of the Left side alloy pedal cage (...this can be addressed "on the cheap" with a bit of semi-gloss Black paint ... OR ... you can do things "right" by carefully sanding out the minor surface imperfections and then sending both cages out to be re-anodized) - chrome plating on the axles is near perfect - bearings spin effortlessly as new - even includes the original and near impossible to find toe clip mounting bolts - generally acknowledged as being one of the most elegant, and most assuredly known to be one of the lightest from this era, the Weyless licensed and branded version of what was originally a Bob Reedy pedal design was a highly functional and yet esoteric bit of bike jewelry back in 1976 when it was first introduced to market, and it has only become more so with the passing of time - the innovative "X" body ultimately spawned several imitators (...most notably perhaps being the SunTour Superbe Pro of 1980) and was cleverly engineered to accommodate any one of a series of three interchangeable and easily replaceable styles of pedal cages including track, road, and touring specific versions]