Originally Posted by
Chombi
Ofmega did provide a distinctive looking crankset with their Mistral gruppo:

The crank was one of the first ones to be made that played around with the shape of the forged crank spider arm shapes. It's pretty much the gem of that group which had a sort of weird mix of things in it, including the sometimes questioned "plastic" rear derailleur.....It might have helped if they did not bother making them in pink, but I guess Miami Vice told everyone that pastels and pinks can be manly too!


Forgot to add,....I like this crank except for the overdone curly script they decided to put on it..... What's with that??! Looks like someone got carried away in the marketing department....

Chombi
I really like these cranks also. The Ofmega group came standard on the '84 Gitane Tour de France including hubs. When I got mine it still had the plastic derailleurs which I switched out for Suntour BL. I still have the crankset on the bike. I just didn't trust the plastic to last in the derailleurs.