FS: Super inexpensive Sugino crankset

[William]

I've got a Sugino triple crankset to sell.  It's an OEM model, that came on a $1000 Specialized road bike.  It has 172.5mm arms.  It's got a 130mm BCD for the large and middle chainrings and a 74mm BCD for the small ring.  It comes with a 52/42/30 chainrings.  The large and middle ring are Sugino aluminum (round) with pins.  The small ring is Sugino steel.  

I used the crankset for a couple months as a compact double.  I replaced the 52 tooth ring with a Spot brand chainguard, and used just the 42/30.  

The crankset with the original three chainrings, with the chainguard, with a cartridge BB of the right length, all can be had for $50 shipped.  

You should be able to see the photos on my expired ebay auction:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/260936667255?ssPageName=STRK:MEUSX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1560.l2649#ht_500wt_1361 

[William]

....and here's photos of the crankset as I used it on my Hillborne.  

http://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/sets/72157625582849057/ 

[William]

OK, lots of views to this post and to my flickr photos, but no nibbles.  I get the message that nobody wants these.  I've officially taken them off the market.  They are no longer available for sale.

The reason they are no longer available for sale is that I have decided that this will be my first experiment with aluminum polishing.  I worked on the left crank arm last night with Easy Off for 2 minutes and then about 20 minutes of sanding with 600 grit wet/dry.  There are a couple of deeper scratches, so I might spot sand with 500 or 400 to get at those, and then escalate through 600/1000/1200 and then hit it with Simichrome.  If anyone is interested in that progress, I've posted a few shots on my flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/sets/72157629029341885/with/6761545249/ 

[Andrew]

I used simple ScotchBrite pads on my Ritchey Logic cranks, to remove the advertising. Quick, simple, and it left a nice burnish on the cranks to boot. Good luck with your project.

- Andrew, Berkeley

[William]

Turned out pretty nice.  I'm thinking this now snazzy looking 42-30 crankset with chainguard might be just perfect for a man-sized Betty Foy build. 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/6774583503/in/photostream/