PX-10 vs SUV
#1
Thread Starter
Senior Member
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 101
Likes: 1
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
2 E-bay
3 Doner bike (that seems evil)
4 Bike shops
How do I find a replacement Stronglite crank?
1 Craigs List
2 E-bay
3 Doner bike (that seems evil)
4 Bike shops
#2
Senior Member
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 11,128
Likes: 39
Bikes: 1986 Alan Record Carbonio, 1985 Vitus Plus Carbone 7, 1984 Peugeot PSV, 1972 Line Seeker, 1986(est.) Medici Aerodynamic (Project), 1985(est.) Peugeot PY10FC
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!
Chombi
Chombi
#3
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.
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.
#4
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?
A PX-10 would normally have a Stronglight 93.
https://velobase.com/ViewSingleCompon...m=115&AbsPos=1
Is that what you have?
#5
Thread Starter
Senior Member
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 101
Likes: 1
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.
#11
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)
#12
Thread Starter
Senior Member
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 101
Likes: 1
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.
#13
Ride heavy metal.
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 1,538
Likes: 2
From: Teenage Wasteland, USA
Bikes: '74 Raleigh LTD-3, '76 Motobecane Grand Jubile, '83 Fuji TSIII (customized commuter), '10 Mercier Kilo WT (fixed obsession), '83 Bianchi Alloro, '92 Bridgestone MB-1 (project), '83 Specialized Expedition (project), '79 Peugeot UO-8 (sold)
I'm sorry, man, but very glad you're okay!
#14
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.
__________________
- Auchen
- Auchen
#15
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.
#16
Thread Starter
Senior Member
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 101
Likes: 1
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!
#17
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)









