Originally Posted by
AlmostTrick
No laughing at your expense over here. You maned up and admitted you f'd up... something not everyone would do.
And $150 for new cranks and bottom bracket for a bike that only cost $270 to begin with? And doesn't even need a bottom bracket? Seems over kill to me, unless you really want (slightly) better than stock cranks on your entry level bike. I'd contact BD, I'm pretty sure you can get replacements for MUCH less. (if that matters to you) They really do work to please their customers, in my experience.
Guess I don't understand this mentality. When else would you be buying $150 cranks? $1000 frame? Then it becomes a "Why did you only spend $150 on cranks with a $1000 frame...should have gone Campy Pista/Sugino 75 or better."
I sometimes give friends a ribbing when they dump thousands into an economy car when they should have started off with something sportier to begin with.....but with bikes, you can add parts to an inexpensive frame and then swap them all over to a higher end frame in one day (something you can't do with cars).
Yeah, the Windsor is an inexpensive bike but not garbage...I just see nothing wrong with adding nice parts to a cheaper base model. Now if someone is talking about adding Sugino Grand Mighty cranks to their rusty 80's Murray, that's different.