Originally Posted by
steveridessteel
Yup. Can't be beat. With that said the bike has been coast to coast several times, Vancouver to Mexico, etc. and I have never had to pull a crank on the road. Not sure where I picked them up but it would have been in LA in the mid 80's. They were not stock. I love the AT cranks. The other favorite of mine on the bike is the original Sun Tour Le Tech RD. Got to love the retro computer font. A really nice piece of engineering given the timeframe and just before the demise of Sun Tour. As a note, my wife has the matching bike in light blue but it's a 83 production date with a slightly different build.
They came with the Shimano 600 cranks that were on my McBain track bike when I purchased it. When I upgraded to 1st gen dura-ace cranks I used the Autex bolts, but obviously didn't have the proper adaptor tool. I got home one night and realised one had fallen out! Spent the next however many years trying to find some replacements for a reasonable price (I'm in Australia, so postage often killed it.) Finally found a cheap incomplete set that had the bits that I needed. Think not long after that I found a NOS set for a good price, which came with the little tool - made sure they won't be falling out ever again!