I have been experiencing awful binding/clicks on my '73 Nishiki fixie conversion on the downstrokes of each crank. with the chain off, i spun the cranks and eyed up the chainring, and it doesn't spin perfectly on axis, it wobbles a bit.

thinking (and hoping) I might have a bent spindle (stock from the 70's), I tried repacking my bottom bracket with another spindle to find that the chainring still wobbled a bit. i took the chainring off of the spider, and it layed flat on a counter, and I couldn't see any bending in it, so its not that either.

I can't bring myself to accept that perhaps my cranks/spider is(are) bent (they are jawesome stock Sugino Mighty Competitions). I just don't want to fork up the money for a new crankset. they are so f'ing expensive.

SO...

1. could it be possible that my bearings/races in my bottom bracket are causing the spindle to rotate off axis?

2. Any recommendations on track cranksets?