Originally Posted by
morphguy12
I just sent in the bike to get powder coated. So I've taken the time to get everything off the bike and put new stuff on (tape, seat, wheels). I've got 2 weeks to kill before the frame gets back, so I figure if I'm going to clean or replace every other part might as well work on the crankset.
Buying new could be an option, but it doesn't look like these are in that bad of shape, any thoughts?
That makes it easy.
Suppose you decide to buy a new crankset. What are you going to do with the old one? If you think it looks bad, you probably won't get diddly by selling it. Assuming that's the case, what do you have to lose by refinishing it? That's what I would do.