Originally Posted by
Grand Bois
Your talking about the '66 you posted in another thread? The cottered crank suits that bike perfectly. Don't change it. Buy a cotter press and learn how to use it. None of the cranks mentioned above belongs on a mid sixties bike.
That Bottechia is a beauty. Those cottered cranks are really quite nice. I'd keep 'em. I always liked the cottered cranks on my Peugeot UO-8. Very solid feeling when your crankin out of the saddle.