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Offline john4130

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cheap and cheerful cranks
« on: November 18, 2010, 08:44 PM »
been thinking about this for a while and finally tried it. i bought a set of road bike sugino maxy cranks of ebay for £15, the kind with the built in chainwheel and i made sure the bcd was 110. it was a 52 tooth ring and it also had a 40 tooth ring bolted to it with sugino bolts. here's what i did.
the cranks before.

bolted on a sugino spider to mark it

the lines to cut to

a dremel and 20 minutes later

the piece you cut off makes a nice ninja throwing star

going to polish then paint them candy red, should look nice and cheap too.

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Re: cheap and cheerful cranks
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2010, 08:52 PM »
good idea.... :)
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Re: cheap and cheerful cranks
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2010, 08:54 PM »
just hope it does'nt start driving the price up on them :daumenhoch:

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Re: cheap and cheerful cranks
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2010, 08:56 PM »
Good job  :daumenhoch:

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Re: cheap and cheerful cranks
« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2010, 09:13 PM »
brilliant job mate...do they take 9/16 pedals? :daumenhoch:

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Re: cheap and cheerful cranks
« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2010, 09:23 PM »
brilliant job mate...do they take 9/16 pedals? :daumenhoch:
yeah 9/16 pedals, the arms are 171mm too so still usable. it's a good cheap way for some decent cranks.

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Re: cheap and cheerful cranks
« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2010, 09:48 PM »
Fantastic job that  ;) this kind of thing was done all the time bitd .

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Re: cheap and cheerful cranks
« Reply #7 on: November 18, 2010, 09:55 PM »
lovin that.
its things like this that are interesting me more now days.
its just to easy to buy nos everything and just bolt it on.
dave the bmxing gypo


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Re: cheap and cheerful cranks
« Reply #8 on: November 18, 2010, 10:13 PM »
Fantastic job that  ;) this kind of thing was done all the time bitd .
bitd i was on a tight budget and had to get creative, nothings changed really :daumenhoch:


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Re: cheap and cheerful cranks
« Reply #10 on: November 19, 2010, 09:05 AM »
Looks cool, did it years ago on a street bike I put together.

Who's been on ebay already then looking for similar?? not much to go at is there?
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Re: cheap and cheerful cranks
« Reply #11 on: November 19, 2010, 09:24 AM »
Great job mate  :daumenhoch:
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Re: cheap and cheerful cranks
« Reply #12 on: November 19, 2010, 09:38 AM »
note to all , the raliegh record sprint 10 speed racer came standard with sugino gt cranks and a coplete bike can be bought for as little as £5 . great bike to ride also so don't bin the rest (send it to me .) :daumenhoch:

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Re: cheap and cheerful cranks
« Reply #13 on: November 19, 2010, 10:54 AM »

Very inventive - looks cool  :)

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Re: cheap and cheerful cranks
« Reply #14 on: November 19, 2010, 11:00 AM »
Great job and cost effective too! nice one...  :daumenhoch:

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Re: cheap and cheerful cranks
« Reply #15 on: November 19, 2010, 01:13 PM »
 :) Good bit of work.I take it you will have to drill/tap the arm for the bolt?

Offline john4130

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Re: cheap and cheerful cranks
« Reply #16 on: November 19, 2010, 05:34 PM »
:) Good bit of work.I take it you will have to drill/tap the arm for the bolt?
no need cos the spider is built in like most old ally cranks.

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