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Title: Crank ID please...
Post by: beard1973 on May 20, 2008, 03:44 PM
A guy on www.burnerworldforum.co.uk has found this amongst his stash of old race parts from BITD....

Any idea's what it is 'brand-wise' and whether its of any value?


(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g106/Mart74/P1010187.jpg)
Title: Re: Crank ID please...
Post by: jT Racing on May 20, 2008, 04:00 PM
looks like a roadbike crank with a hotwheels sticker. i bet it's 170mm. probably shimano or the like.
Title: Re: Crank ID please...
Post by: beard1973 on May 20, 2008, 04:02 PM
So its not BMX?
Title: Re: Crank ID please...
Post by: jT Racing on May 20, 2008, 04:14 PM
lots of roadbike cranks were used in the seventies and early eighties, so much that even campagnolo started colour annodising cranks for the bmx market. shimano made 600's for the bmx market again in a choice of colours, sugino, sr, stronglight etc. all used in bmx, i have 600's on my very early laserlite, mongoose had dura ace on their team goose, lifted direct form road bikes. VX and super maxy were also used on road bikes. A lot of the time, the quality and finish of the road bike parts, campy hubs and cranks, bb's and headsets, shimano stuff too was far superior to anything for bmx. 401's were an expensive buy compared to alloy roadbike cranks.
Title: Re: Crank ID please...
Post by: beard1973 on May 20, 2008, 04:16 PM
Ah... I see..  8) Burner Ignorance...   ;)

Anyone ID them for a brand?
Title: Re: Crank ID please...
Post by: pickle on May 20, 2008, 04:17 PM
Sugino GT cranks were also on Raleigh records  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Crank ID please...
Post by: jT Racing on May 20, 2008, 04:24 PM
id should be on the back of the arms. need to see the other side.
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