FSA Crankset
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FSA Crankset
I have a Bianchi Campione, steel frame about a year old now.
Specs are here-
https://www.bianchiusa.com/bikes/road/steel/campione/
It has, or rather had, until I started, erm, working on it, an FSA Tempo Compact 50/34 Crankset on it. I've made quite a mess of the crank arms or at least one to such an extent it's now garbage. The bike came with pedals and cages and I was wanting to go clip-less. The pedals were integral to the crank arm, they went over a spindle that is/was welded to the crank arm. This appears to be a base component that's on lower end bikes, such as mine, and not available for replacement. I'm ok with that.
Where I need help is I need to know if the cranksets I've been looking at, again lower end specs, are compatible with my bike. Specifically, my rear cassette is a Shimano HG50 8sp 12/25 and the replacement Cranksets I have seen (square bottom bracket, I believe) all state 9 speed compatibility. Will a crankset such as the FSA Tempo here -
https://www.fullspeedahead.com/products/44/Tempo-Compact
be able to work with my 8sp rear cassette?
Alternatively, can anyone recommend a crankset that might work as well or better (Shimmano 2300?) that is also square taper JIS compatible?
Thanks in advance for any help you can give. Hopefully there's enough/ not too much detail there.
Specs are here-
https://www.bianchiusa.com/bikes/road/steel/campione/
It has, or rather had, until I started, erm, working on it, an FSA Tempo Compact 50/34 Crankset on it. I've made quite a mess of the crank arms or at least one to such an extent it's now garbage. The bike came with pedals and cages and I was wanting to go clip-less. The pedals were integral to the crank arm, they went over a spindle that is/was welded to the crank arm. This appears to be a base component that's on lower end bikes, such as mine, and not available for replacement. I'm ok with that.
Where I need help is I need to know if the cranksets I've been looking at, again lower end specs, are compatible with my bike. Specifically, my rear cassette is a Shimano HG50 8sp 12/25 and the replacement Cranksets I have seen (square bottom bracket, I believe) all state 9 speed compatibility. Will a crankset such as the FSA Tempo here -
https://www.fullspeedahead.com/products/44/Tempo-Compact
be able to work with my 8sp rear cassette?
Alternatively, can anyone recommend a crankset that might work as well or better (Shimmano 2300?) that is also square taper JIS compatible?
Thanks in advance for any help you can give. Hopefully there's enough/ not too much detail there.
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I don't know if I've ever seen a pedal spindle welded to a crank arm, especially on a modern $700 bike. Seeing as the FSA linked looks to be the same model, without the pedals, I don't know what happened with yours. Any pictures of the offending crank arm?
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You do know that the left side (non drive side) pedal threads are left handed?? Did you try removing it and destroy the edges?
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Thanks for the quick responses. You don't think the 8 speed cassette will be an issue? Yes, I'm aware of the reverse thread, thanks. It's the pedal end of the crank the damage is done not the BB. I could drill it out and re-thread the crank arms but that's a lot of messing around for a $60 replacement, if it's compatible. Once again, thank you guys.
Photos, I'm only just getting to grips with digital cameras.
Photos, I'm only just getting to grips with digital cameras.
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I have yet to see a crankset with integral pedals. Sounds more like the bike was assembled poorly by whomever put it together- they neglected to grease the threads when they put the pedals on, and they have rusted themselves to the crankarms. Another Tempo crankset will work fine with an 8 speed setup, but you may be able to find something used on CL, or on closeout from any number of internet retailers that will work just as well.
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The non-drive-side (left) pedal threads are reversed. Just to be complete, the drive-side (right) BB cup is reverse-threaded (for English BBs), but again, that's got nothing to do with the pedals.
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Thank you all for your help. Emboldened by your steadfast belief that the spindle couldn't be integral and with the attitude that I really couldn't make it worse, I took the bike out of my dark garage and took a big big wrench to it in the sunlight. By God those spindles were in tight but I have the Egg Beaters on now (and my glasses).
Have a good laugh chaps, I'm laughing, you should too.
Once again thanks.
Have a good laugh chaps, I'm laughing, you should too.
Once again thanks.
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Congrats. Sounds like another of those %*#@^% learning experiences. Don't forget to thoroughly grease the threads on your Egg Beaters.
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