But sometimes they have a knack for breaking. AKA the recent hollowtech sagaHaving looked at perhaps 10,000 chainsets, I reach this conclusion:
Expensive chainsets are straighter than cheap ones.
I too think it is a good looking chain-set. Mind you compared to most fugly modern designs it is not a hard beauty contest to win! Given the option I would always go for a 'normal' 5-arm design but at the time this is all Spa had. In practice it has been fine although I always Copaslip chainring bolts anyway but have heard that the hidden bolt can be subject to corrosion so something to be aware of.Thanks.
It is beautiful. I don't partcularly like the "X" cranks, with their hidden arm behind the crank lever, but the finish is really nice.
I ended up getting the double as I didn't want to risk running into clearance issues, but I'll post some pictures when I get it. Although now I might end up fitting it onto my modern bike instead of the Peugeot...