Did you try Sheldon Brown's suggestions:
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/
Best regards,
Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia
> A collective thanks to everyone who responded. It appears
> to be NOT as pretty as the Magistroni in that pic. It is
> probably not high high quality either. The Bianchi is in
> block letters, the spider and arm are not one
> complete uninterrupted piece. On the other hand, it is
> amusing in suggesting using another really crappy beater,
> I have another on an old Hercules frameset in the basement.
> The catch here is, I can't BUDGE the cotter pins on this
> sucker. it looks like the party before me tried as well...
> These pins look like someone crushed them with a hammer
> and sickle, so I am stuck trying to figure out how to get
> them out....I have tried using a proper
> cotter tool as well. the only thing I haven't done was
> heat it up and then try. I sprayed some other stuff I
> have on them which works on EVERYTHING to free up suck
> metal with no luck as well. Any other suggestions?
>
> Walt Skrzypek
> Falls Creek, Pa
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fred Rafael Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
> To: "Wspokes" <wspokes@penn.com>;
> <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 10:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [CR]crankset quality question
>
>
> > There's a good chance it's made by Magistroni, in which
> case
> > there's a good chance it's of high quality. There once
> seemed
> > to be millions of these around but clean examples of the
> nicer
> > Magistroni cranks seem rare to me. Is your's the Bianchi
> > version of something like this?
> >
> >
>
http://www.blackbirdsf.org/
> >
> > For my part, I would be reluctant to use it on a winter
> > beater. But I'm very sentimental about those cranks.
> > Regards,
> > Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia
> >
> > --- Wspokes <wspokes@penn.com> wrote:
> > > I am setting up a winter beater and I have an old Bianchi
> 3
> > > arm steel
> > > cottered crankset. It is in excellent condition and has
> > > Bianchi etched on
> > > the arms. Since it is going to be a beater, I am
> questioning
> > > whether to use
> > > this crankset or not? I don't know how good it is? Is it
> good
> > > quality, rare,
> > > etc...should I not use it and find something else or ?
> Any
> > > suggestions
> > > appreciated. Thanks
> > >
> > > Walt Skrzypek
> > > Falls Creek, Pa
> > >
> > >
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