Is this crankset any good?
 

http://columbus.craigslist.org/bik/392256466.html

I figured for fifty bucks one can't go wrong. Does anyone have any experience with this brand?

I've seen those in a really ****ty local bike shop and although I don't have any experience with them, I don't know if I'd trust anything they sell.

Isn't that the JB Imports house brand, the same folks who distribute the Cayne Uno and whatnot?

For the same price you can get a set of Sugino RD's from aebike.com!

http://aebike.com/page.cfm?PageID=30...ils&sku=CR1016

is this that cheap 144 one that's been popping up recently?

If so it might be nice if you actually plan on using your track cranks on a track.

Yeah I tried to ride my RD's on the track but they exploded into a thousand pieces when I entered the force-field

via J&B importers, it only retails for $60 and wholesales for $30. Its 130 BCD and doesn't seem all that special. I'd get that RD in a heartbeat over this thing. And beyond that, I would probably eBay a good quality used road crank and a pair of single stack bolts before either of those options...

What is a good quality used road crank?

yeah it's been known to happen. Also it sucks when you only have a 48 and someone offers to let you try their 49 only to find out you can't use it.

I believe I seen that for like $35 or $40 at a LBS. I might be wrong. Check online before you buy.

See your answers are usually helpful, you just give them to people who didn't ask the questions. I'm sure that situation would be dissapointing, but I'd be willing to bet that the vast majority of casual track crank users represented here by the OP will NEVER be in the situation.

The kind of person who'd be hanging out swapping chainrings is going to know what crank to buy in the first place, and if they didn't, they'd be asking the friend who has the 49 for them to borrow, not us.

Perhaps but that is why I said "if you actually plan on using your track cranks on a track" I think there are plenty of track noobs who don't know the different bcds before they buy/build there first bike.

Like me

Despite crap chainline, if you can get it, Ultegra 6600. For track, that crank = speed. They sell it in 165mm too.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA:IT&ih=010
buy these and polish em up

Maybe so. My reason for responding to your initial post here was that, whether you intended it or not, the tone of your post felt distinctly more patronizing than educational. If you actually intended it to be helpful, then think about that! If your goal was to help a "noob" who didn't know any better, what good is throwing a blind statement like that without explanation? Tell him why this might be a better choice than a comparably priced set of RD's. Not everyone knows that you know what you know. Ya know?

because then in the likely case that he isn't going to ever ride on a track he may become one of those people that parrot the 1/8" rings are hard to find for road cranks line.

So... you said your first comment in case he was going to ride on the track, but you didn't explain it because you assumed he wouldn't be on the track?

You basically said enough so that you posted, but without actually saying anything. Not that such posts are out of the ordinary around here, but you could do better.

I think you'd be surprised how much more accepting some people would be of your posts if you took a few seconds in the first one to actually explain yourself. It might save you from spending the next few pages explaining why you said whatever you did.

Of course, then you couldn't argue with anybody.

While I have no idea what you do all day, there's an old saying around the firm that goes something like "Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in $HlT, you fight really hard, but after a while you realize he likes it"

Thank you sean!