Campagnolo Chorus Cranks & Chainring - Fixable or totally dead?

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Muppetteer

They look like those cheapo shimano spds that are about £15 from CRC so I'd have a quick shot at getting the insert off the axle but wouldn't spend too long on it.

They are. She loves SPDs and once she tried them, she never wanted to change the pedals for anything else.

Thanks for all your help. I guess I'll just get replace the whole lot with an Ultra Torque chainset.

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Fignon in reply to @Muppetteer

I guess I'll just get replace the whole lot with an Ultra Torque chainset.

Have you considered the Campagnolo Athena Ultra Torque chainset? it's alloy and most likely much more durable than the carbon variants. I have them and they're fine, you can even peel the Athena logo off if you want to.

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Muppetteer in reply to @Fignon

Have you considered the Campagnolo Athena Ultra Torque chainset?

Alas, its to go on this:

And she wants a matching set, currently its Chorus so, ideally I need to replace with that, but I've got some spare Record shifters and bits, so it may get a full changeover.

At the moment, I need to figure out what I need to get to install an Ultra Torque crank. Never done it before!
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Scilly.Suffolk in reply to @Fignon

UT Athena are pretty rare: Athena was only available with UT for 2010, Power Torque after that. :(

As with carbon mentioned above, it's the same for metal cranks: Veloce, Centaur and Athena are the same crank, so unless you are matching a groupset (and especially if you are going to take the logo off) there is no point paying the premium higher groupsets attract.

The real bargain is to be had with scuffed/heel-rubbed black Veloce: these go for peanuts and you can strip and polish them for the classic look on a budget. :)

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