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hippy
I'll have you know I did that years ago.
The steel Robin Mather started with Clavicula cranks... https://photos.app.goo.gl/GzNoGirNS25PN95QA
Then I learned they creak like a well lived-in bed and sold them on to replace them with an alu crankset ( https://www.peterwhitecycles.com/carmina.php ) that hasn't needed a bit of maintenance and a new BB ( https://www.renehersecycles.com/shop/components/bottom-brackets/skf-bottom-bracket-iso-square-taper/ ) that is totally silent and smooth. Not as light, but a far nicer ride.
Also... this thread is genius. I love it, and as I'm becoming a cat father in only a month or so I am subscribing because this is right up my street and precisely the kind of thing I would, and probably will, do.
(my Robin Mather bike is basically cat ready if I get a custom bag made for the front)