Although I own 3x of these Nervar Star cranks (1 on a bike and 2 in boxes), they were not well-loved. Like stronglight, they were NOT anodized. In the first season of the Raleigh Professional Bike Racing team, Carlton/Worksop provided the team with very cheap components including these cranks and weinmann 500 sidepull brakes. The racers complained bitterly that the nubbled finish of the cranks tarnished right away and turned grey/black, making them very ugly. If you polish the cranks, i might suggest trying to put clearcoat into the triangular nubbed part of the crank before you install it.