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Bikes: 1940s Fothergill, 1959 Allegro Special, 1963? Claud Butler Olympic Sprint, Lambert 'Clubman', 1974 Fuji "the Ace", 1976 Holdsworth 650b conversion rando bike, 1983 Trek 720 tourer, 1984 Counterpoint Opus II, 1993 Basso Gap, 2010 Downtube 8h, and...
[MENTION=160128]1989Pre[/MENTION], please forgive me, but my failure to understand reaches the level of mistrust. What crank is this? Is the ring swaged to the crank arm? Is the ring bolted to the spider? If the latter, was a bolt missing or loose? Has the crank been through a bad fire?
Did you get a piece of rebar stuck in the crank?
Whatever went wrong, it's a new one to me. Need photos. Need more info. Need... Yes, please forgive me, need to be convinced.