Took the hacksaw to the drive side last night. cut the spider off so now I'm just left with the crank arm and a few stumps!
Will set about attacking the crank arm later on, now that I've got room to use the hacksaw on it! I would have done it all last night, but I work on the bike in the kitchen when the weather is crap, before my girlfriend comes home from the office. If she saw the mess I made, my life would not be worth living!