Anybody know about 'Classic' bikes?

My days of cotter pin cranks are some of the darkest of my life. filing carefully angled surfaces onto £2 pins only to shear the threads, or to come loose or rust or generally depress me.

plus 1 , As they started to go the cranks would shoot forward 20 degrees when putting the pressure on, result when racing your mates through Oxlea Woods as a kid is right foot shooting forward off the pedal and a plimsole [old flimsy trainer for the younger readers] stuck in the spokes and dragged through the forks rounded off with a face plant.

resulting damage five broken spokes , one broken toe and a five mile one legged ride home with only the back brake connected :)