Apocalypto tip find - the coronabeagle

[hamster]

I've got some LX cranks which match, you can have them for £15. I need to buy a single bog roll.

 

[legrandefromage]

At least it isnt an Al Carter

Al Carter didnt socially isolate

 

[Captain Stupido]

Ok, so these cranks, what do you reckon?

For starters, I made a bit of a meal of removing the rh crank, thread was a little damaged at the start, in my haste I used brute force to get the extractor tool in and almost certainly haven’t helped matters. Can’t tell whether I’ve cross threaded it or what... but it looks a bit of a mess... Can you get a tap (or similar) to fit this thread and clean it up? Googling brings up the “bicycle research tc-8” but I can’t find one for sale...

Then, the left side, well it just doesn’t look square, what do you reckon? Oh, and so far I’ve failed to get the pedal off. Tried a butane torch to no avail, made a bit of a mess of my pedal spanner too...

 

[legrandefromage]

they look fine, some very similar ones on the Royal on it way to you

and if they get stiuck, you can always:

 

[Captain Stupido]

they look fine, some very similar ones on the Royal on it way to you

and if they get stiuck, you can always:

Ooh! Royal on its way?

That’s a mega tool. One of yours?

Might just clean them up with a wire brush etc and see if the tool goes in a bit easier... not mad keen spending money on this although I do quite fancy building and riding it. No one else will...

 

[Captain Stupido]

Re:

Not much info out there re British Eagle, Wikipedia page is particularly useless.

I know they underwent lots of changes of ownership etc, and were associated with other brands like Coventry Eagle and Falcon. But I wonder where bikes (and more specifically frames) like this were actually built?

 

[jimo746]

Re:

Coventry. Or Taiwan.
I wouldn't worry about the cranks too much, if you go to re-use them just do them up real tight and use plenty of threadlock on the nuts/bolts.
If they work loose then they're probably fubar, if they stay on then you can worry about removal in a few years time.

 

[legrandefromage]

My B.E was built in Wales

Ner.

 

[Spudalumps]

Crack on the chain stay :/

 

[Captain Stupido]

Crack on the chain stay :/

Eh? Whose chain stay?