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Villgaxx
08-30-2016, 03:49 PM
America's second least popular home game.

When I got my CBR crankarm sets many years ago, the guy I bought them from gave me these arms as well, and for the life of me I can't remember what he said they were. He's not available for any updates.

There are no logos anywhere on 'em. They're 110/74 bcd and the arms are 175s. Clearly machined but I've never seen these before. Complete with matching dustcaps, though!

They're paperweights at this point.
Keith A
08-30-2016, 04:13 PM
Can you define "many years ago", that could possibly help.
thirdgenbird
08-30-2016, 04:18 PM
Yummy
Villgaxx
08-30-2016, 04:19 PM
Can you define "many years ago", that could possibly help.

The Cooks were NOS already, this was about 15 years ago and these machined arms were orphans by then as well. Since I got them for free, they had little real value back then. Being machined cranks of unknown provenance, they're not usable but are simply curiosities.
seric
08-30-2016, 04:21 PM
It looks like a Grafton Joystix and Sugino AT had a baby.
keevon
08-30-2016, 04:25 PM
Sims Lite-Ning!

http://www.bikepro.com/products/cranks/crk_jpg/l1l_lite_ning_alloy.jpg

http://www.bikepro.com/products/cranks/sims.html

I thought they looked vaguely Grafton-esque, but the spider was wrong. The Bike Pro description mentions that there's a Grafton connection... makes sense.

What do I win? :D
54ny77
08-30-2016, 04:44 PM
dang, that was a stumper.

they kinda look like modern-day davinci cranks, which are quite nice.
cadence90
08-30-2016, 04:46 PM
Those look an awful lot (i.e. 99.99%) like Sims "Lite-Ning" cranks.

Not "Lightning" (which was a different brand), but "LITEāš”NING".

http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad357/AnomieX/Cycling/Vintage%20Parts/DSCN31551_zpsc442a7f0.jpg

Edit: keevon got it too.
Look585
08-30-2016, 04:51 PM
Matching BB...
Villgaxx
08-30-2016, 05:14 PM
Good god, the only cranks more fragile than Graftons!

Where's that 6' wheelie drop with the flat rock landing?

Nice bit of Sherlocking.
Fatty
08-30-2016, 08:23 PM
Good god, the only cranks more fragile than Graftons!

Where's that 6' wheelie drop with the flat rock landing?

Nice bit of Sherlocking.

6" curb should do the trick.
Villgaxx
08-30-2016, 08:29 PM
6" curb should do the trick.

That would just be an annoying injury. I want a clean kill.