Originally Posted by
HeyPip
IIRC, these Avocet/ Ofmega cranks were heavily prone to failure. Cracks propogated from the radius between the crank arm and the first torqued spider arm.
Pip
If that's so it might have to do with the flex you could put on them when you stood on them. They were slimmer and lighter than Campy Record and most certainly so than the newer Suntour and Shimano designs of that time. They were a beautiful crankset though and more so than the Ofmega Competizone that I replaced it with, imo.