Originally Posted by
HillRider
Sorry about missing your disclaimer that you weren't thinking about drilling the pedal eye area. As to the engraving, during the "drillium" era there was also a fad of "pantographing" components, i.e. engraving designs, logos, the maker's name, etc. and filling the engraved lines with contrasting colored paint. It made for a striking appearance but also led to a lot of broken parts (can you say "stress raiser"?) and quickly went out of fashion.
No worries.
And I didn't know it was ever a fad and caused issues. Perhaps then I won't be engraving and drilling the same crankset lol. Maybe another project for another time.
It's funny the longer I ride bikes the more I realise sometimes you end up with more than one bike that serves the same purpose, you just have so many components you really like how can you choose between them all.