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@SweetBeans
Sadly I had an incident where upon trying to remove my stronglight crankset using the self extracting bolts fitted the whole thing imploded. I was assured that this was not due to faulty parts so had to buy a new one as I can not get the drive side crank off of the bb. But maybe you can (I probably could of tried harder). So I have some spares some from the damaged set, some from the new one. The crank set is great but I do not recommend using the flimsy self extracting caps just remove them and use a crank puller to save yourself the trouble I have been through. All prices are inclusive of UK postage.
Brand New Stronglight 48T Comp 144 Track Ring £25
Brand New Left Side Stronglight Track 2000 Crank Arm (with bolt and self extracting cap) £15
Worth noting I did fit this to my bike by mistake but it was immediately removed and has not been used.
(sorry I should of cleaned it before taking photos...)
JP 400 107mm JIS Bottom Bracket & Right Side Stronglight Crank Arm £15
Bottom Bracket is british thread and has the stronglight crank arm is tightly affixed to it. Comes with Chain ring bolts. Whole thing is 6 months old except for the bolts which I think are the new ones.
Now the problem with this is that...
A. the crank bolt head sheared off so the threaded bit of the bolt is still in their. But I think once the arm is off you will be able to grip it enough to remove it.
B. Removing the arm on the other hand is trickier. The self extracting cap snapped in half about the same time the bolt head gave in and half of this is still threaded in the crank arm. This means you cant get a crank puller in enough to pull the arm off. So your options are either come up with a way to remove the bit of aluminium that was part of the self extracting cap or drive the arm off with a vice, a mallet and something small to hit the top of what was the bolt as well as some lubricants.
...If you are successful you will need new crank bolts as one snapped in half as described and I have lost the other one I think.
Or you can have all the above for £40 delivered.
I also have this Gusset single speed 17T cog for Campy Wheel....still. £7