Crank Help
 

I striped the pedal threads on my FSA Carbon track crank a few days ago (cross-threaded my fault). FSA is willing to replace the right crank arm for next to nothing but I'm thinking of switching to the SRAM OMNIUMs. I have a fixed 09 Jamis Sonik that I'm attempting to use as my daily commuter and I'm worried about the carbon standing up to the abuse. Is there any reason to doubt the crank aside from the usual FSA reputation?

Carbon is significantly more resilient than people think.
A carbon component designed to withstand the rigors of a crankset can handle daily abuse without a problem.

Also, it's not entirely carbon, there's aluminum pieces that reinforce stress areas as needed externally & internally.

I am riding one as well, with the same FSA carbon crank. I commute on it fairly often and ride it as much as possible. I was told to keep my crank instead of swapping it out for a different one, not necessarily Omniums, but something along those lines.

take the replacement.

an easyway to remember pedal orientation is to say yourself... "right side (side w/ the chainring) is right hand threaded, right hand threads rise to the right".

Thanks! I think I'll stick with the FSAs, for the $$ i guess it's still worth it even if they were flawed. I know how to put pedals on. I was just hoping I could blame it on bad cranks and not me not taking time to do it correctly!

What was the reason you were given to not change the crank? I've seen tons of good reviews on the Omniums be can't find anything, good or bad, on the FSA carbons.