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Old 06-04-10 | 01:00 PM
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PX-10 vs SUV

Had a surprise metting and my PX-10 came out really well with a "butterfly" wheel and a bent left crank/w pedal broken off (no bent forks or frame etc), I escaped with a cracked rib and broken vertabrea, 5 stiches and lots of cuts and bruises, the SUV pulled thru too!

How do I find a replacement Stronglite crank?
1 Craigs List
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3 Doner bike (that seems evil)
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Old 06-04-10 | 01:09 PM
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Lots of Stronglight cranks and rings at eBay these days, From the cheapest models to real top of the line classic and vintage stuff. I'd check them out first. If anything, Stronglight seems to have made jillions of their cranks and there never seem to be a shortage every year. Just wait a while and the correct one will surely pop up for you. Pricing on them haven't been that bad (yet). But i do think it will eventually also start to shoot up as the supplies will eventually run thin in a few years........so I say grab them while the pickin's good!

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Old 06-04-10 | 01:10 PM
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I hope you are ok... Gee!

I would double check the bottom bracket as well... Actually, I would take the bottom bracket off, check the housing and the lugs there and make sure that everything is the way it supposed to be and replace it with another BB. As far as the crank goes:

bike shops will not have it; there are several on ebay (unless you are looking for a very exotic stronglight model); even if you can find a donor bike with that crank, if you do not have the stronglight (not TA) crank puller, you are out of luck (edit - you do need the crank puller to take your crank out anyways) ; it would not hurt to post an ISO ad on your local CL. Also, it will not hurt to post an ISO here in the ISO and for trade thread...

Good luck and get well soon.
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Old 06-04-10 | 01:28 PM
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Jeez, glad you are thinking about bike parts and not body parts!

A PX-10 would normally have a Stronglight 93.

https://velobase.com/ViewSingleCompon...m=115&AbsPos=1

Is that what you have?
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Old 06-04-10 | 01:44 PM
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Well the BB seems OK (I'm no expert) as it does not have any "play" or strange noise or roughness, the worst thing is I just had got the bike out of my LBS the night before (cue up The Beatles) and had an issue with the new cassette (had new clincher wheels installed) as it would not shift to the "hill climber" sprocket, I was thinking of grinding the "stop" but ended up just using some oil to make it work, so I was spending a lot of time looking at the rear derail and patting myself on the back for fixing it and WHAM, when I came to my world had changed.
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Old 06-04-10 | 02:01 PM
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I have way too may Stronglight cranks - particularly 93s and 49Ds. PM if you're interested and we can work something out.
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Old 06-04-10 | 02:10 PM
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My left crank has 170 and 14x125 satmped on it and the front chain wheels are 52 and 45 pretty sure the PX-0 is 1070
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Well I mean 1970 as the rear de-rail states
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Old 06-04-10 | 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by secretagent
Well I mean 1970 as the rear de-rail states


1970 = Stonglight 93
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Old 06-04-10 | 03:20 PM
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Can I assume that there are different crank sizes?
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Originally Posted by secretagent
Can I assume that there are different crank sizes?
crank arm sizes may be different. BCD is different between different models of cranks also. You need an 170mm most likely, since your crank was 170. Another thing: These take French (15mm) sized pedals. The 9/16 size ones will not work. If your existing pedals are ok, you can use those (you do need a 15mm pedal wrench to take them off)
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Old 06-04-10 | 03:36 PM
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The left pedal (and right) fine, never thought that a crank could bend, I wish I could have seen what the bike did without me on it. You know someone had posted that their PX10 fell over and bent the front forks and now I find that hard to believe.
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I'm sorry, man, but very glad you're okay!
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Old 06-04-10 | 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by secretagent
The left pedal (and right) fine, never thought that a crank could bend, I wish I could have seen what the bike did without me on it. You know someone had posted that their PX10 fell over and bent the front forks and now I find that hard to believe.
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A crank can most certainly bend when a car hits you hard enough to tear the pedal out. (I had that same experience.)

I would strongly suspect that your frame is bent even if there is no obvious damage.
(Eg; The bottom bracket shell can be displaced laterally and the LBS's Park gage won't even see it!)

I hope that your injuries will heal quickly and completely, very soon.
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What kinda collision was it, t-boned? if so, and either way I guess, when you find a new c-arm ride the bike no handed afterwords, id be kinda surprised if the bike still tracks straight. I got t-boned once, snapped the BB spindle at the left crank and bent pedal axle, replaced the necessary parts and rode, bike always pulled to the left after that. Had a pretty bad crash once too which taco'd my front rim, and after that the bike never tracked straight anymore.
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Old 06-04-10 | 05:08 PM
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Thank you all so much, I really do LOVE this bike! The 1st thing I asked when I "woke up" was how's my bike as all I could see was the snapped off pedal in the street along with my left shoe and right glove (and blood so red), I was surrounded by firemen, police and bystanders and I could glimpse my PX10 in the 7-11 parking lot but they would not answer me about the bike or let me see it, so I stood up to look and was tackled to the ground and taken away to hospital before I could figure out how bad the bike was hurt -thank God I have the bike back now and I swear I'll be back in saddle this summer!
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Originally Posted by EjustE
crank arm sizes may be different. BCD is different between different models of cranks also. You need an 170mm most likely, since your crank was 170. Another thing: These take French (15mm) sized pedals. The 9/16 size ones will not work. If your existing pedals are ok, you can use those (you do need a 15mm pedal wrench to take them off)
French pedal threads are 14mm.
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Old 06-04-10 | 05:24 PM
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You know it looks damn good as far as I can tell (bent frame etc). but will have to do the "hands off" test as soon as I am able (counting the days)
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