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Spécialités TA

Everything Ebykr holds on Spécialités TA: three articles, a Timeline of 11 dated events from 1908 to 2017 and 16 documents in the archive.

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Spécialités TA in the Articles library

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Spécialités TA Advertisement Gallery

Original Spécialités TA advertisements, catalog pages and technical illustrations spanning 1948 to 1983, from the Clamart chainring and crankset maker.

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In the archive16 Spécialités TA advertisements, read whole and page by pageOpen the archive

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Where Spécialités TA is named outside its own pages: seven articles, six build sheets and 68 archive documents from 26 other makers and five publications.

Articles 7

The articles that name Spécialités TA most often first.

  1. René Herse: The Master Artisan of Levallois

    …a fitter-assembler, and learned to work duralumin. Navet went on to found Spécialités TA, and in later years TA machined crank and chainring blanks for Herse himself. Herse's parts were already proving…

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  2. Tullio Campagnolo: The Legend, the Patents and the Record

    …its headset is seen on most Italian bicycles and names its tools beside those of Var and T.A. By 1966, his roll showcasing the principal component makers begins with Campagnolo. In the 1970s, Campagnolo became…

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  3. Campagnolo History: A Timeline of Key Patent, Product and Racing Events

    …its headset is seen on most Italian bicycles and names its tools beside those of Var and T.A. By 1966 his roll of the principal component makers begins with Campagnolo. Mid-1960s · Corporate Crisis · The…

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  4. Bridgestone Eurasia: All-in-One Sports Bicycling System

    …guides for rapid wheel mounts/dismounts. Parts included: 700 rims and 32C tires, a TA 48T/44T/32T or 50T/44T/36T x 6 drivetrain, and either fender or rack-mounted lights (or both) and dynamo. Sportif or…

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  5. Pierce Company Bicycles: The Missing Link

    …a better way to make our beloved two-wheeled machines go. (Note the naming story behind Spécialités TA, for example.) While many innovators try building a better mousetrap, so to speak, few are true originals and even…

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  6. The French Constructeurs: Singer, Herse, Routens and Their Rivals

    …The same pages tell the stories of the other suppliers the constructeurs relied on: Spécialités TA, whose founder Georges Navet learned to work duralumin in Herse's wartime workshop, and the Idéale saddles, Maxi-Car…

    HistoryNamed once

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  1. Maxi-Car History: A Timeline of Key Bearing and Hub Events

    …saddle, MAFAC brakes, a Cyclo derailleur, a light-alloy Stronglight chainset carrying a T.A. triple, JOS lighting and MAXI-CAR hubs. 1961 · Product Launch · The Type 2b was introduced concurrently and sold for…

    TimelineNamed once

Build sheets 6

Bicycles in the Tech Specs database that name Spécialités TA.

  1. Tech Specs: 1967 Jo Routens Randonneur

    In the crank, chainrings, bottom bracket and extras

  2. Tech Specs: 1958 Goëland Randonneur

    In the crank, chainrings and bottom bracket

  3. Tech Specs: 1963 Cinelli Mod. Super Corsa

    In the crank, chainrings and bottom bracket

Archive documents 68

Filed under other makers and publications whose words name Spécialités TA; the biggest share first.

Holdsworth

10 catalogs

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Motobecane

nine catalogs

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André Bertin

four documents: two catalogs and two advertisements

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L'Officiel du cycle

five advertisements

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