Originally Posted by
the_don
is it even worth the time and money?
pake are probably the same level as the fsa cranks.
spend the money where it counts. saddle, bars and pedals
While that's great advice, he did say the bike was "beat up" - maybe one of the things beat up was the crankset?
Sometimes we could assume the OP does know what the heck he's doing. How about that?