BSA Paratrooper bicycle cranks set sold

 Original olive drab finish. in excellent condition. $sold

Broken Campagnolo crank arm

 __It happens. Sure it is scary and horrific, but it is aluminum that is 30 years old, and sometimes we forget we are riding on vintage stuff. I have a lot of parts on my bikes that were made before I was born, some were even manufactured before my father was born. It is good to inspect your components every once and a while. Make it a routine to clean your bike and make sure no hairline cracks or other defects developed. You will be left with assurance your parts are good and you will have a clean bike!

Moser Campagnolo Gran Sport crank arm,

Early Campagnolo crank boxes

Rare to see these, let alone 3 of them together.

Some crank pictures

Some Stronglight left crank arms

Variety of cranks and chainrings

Extremely large chainring on this 170mm Stronglight mod. 93

HI-E aluminum crank

 I recently ran across these pages ripped out an old cycling magazine, and loved the engineering of the crank. The caption speaks of the pedals, which are unique, but those cranks are funky. I can't really see how it is attached to the spindle. Anyone out there know? Or even better,  have a picture?


There is limited information on Hi-e still on the internet, I guess at some point, someone will invest some time and webspace for a history including pictures, or maybe I am missing the website. Here is a collection of information found on Classic Rendezvous website.

Chandez curved cranks

Chandez cranks, manuf. by Chalaye of St.Etienne, used by Harry Grant for hour motor-paced record.

These are an interesting find because they are for a square taper spindle, whereas the others I have ever seen have all been the cottered crank design.

from Peter Brueggeman's website of his beautiful Hetchins-

"...Harry Grant ... at his first successful attempt on the hour motor-paced record at the Parc des Princes, Paris, July 1932 and paced by Leon Vanderstufyt on a massive pacing machine with a roller 60cm behind the rear wheel, he broke the world records for five, 10 and 50km going on to set a new distance for the hour record of 52 miles 215 yards riding a Selbach taper tube pacing machine...."- Hilary Stone

Lytaloy=light alloy

Lytaloy was a product of Hobbs of Barbican. They produced brakes, headsets, cranksets, bottom brackets, and pedals. It is thought that the components were produced by outside contactors and they were regarded as top of the line parts. Lytaloy was very expensive at the time.

The cranks look great but were prone to breaking. This set of cranks looks suprisingly well for a 50+ year old cranks that usually only lasted a couple years, or less.