Hey anybody has a nice picture of the vintage Dura Ace crankset that were rigged on some old skool rides? Do they look like the early Campys? Help a brotha out guys. Thks.

I've got some DuraAce 175's in my toolbox (not on a bike) and yes, they do look like Campys some.

I'll take some pics tonite.

That bike needs some decals..

Randy,

What year is your Team Goose & when can we see the whole thing in a pictures?

-Steve

Heres mine, sorry it isnt that close...

Cool guys thats a lot. I have some leads on getting a nice set, just need to check if they are the real deal. Thought I be a copycat and rigged them up on my new acquisition :



Oh ya I need matchin decals on the LG fork too, holler if u have spare.

All Dura Ace cranks are marked Dura Ace and if you look in the back they will alaways have a 700 series part #

better late than never... let's see if I can make this link work:



and there are a few more (higher res) in this folder here... http://bvay.ath.cx/public/bmx/duraace/

Sweet, thks bv, man that look real vintage and is that the original chainwheel that came wth them?

Dura Ace cranks will look sick on your PK Yasser!!
If anyone has a spare set that they will be willing to part with please don't hesitate to send me an email or pm.... thanks Scotty

Me too. That's all I ever used on my race bikes. All of them. I could swear I had some blue ones on my Race Inc. There were silver ones on my GT and my JMC. I can't believe more people don't use them. Nobody around here used Campy cranks. We all used Shimanos.

Shimano Dura-Ace cranks are fairly easy to find, whenever I need a set I have them within a month, ebay, roundabout $100 for a nice set.

Stock equipment on 1978 Team Mongoose is what you see there.

[ May 04, 2006, 11:38 PM: Message edited by: Randy ]

If anyone has a spare crank arm, give me a holler. I have a mismatched set of crank arms.

I always loved the DA one key release on them. A lot of people tossed them. I generally wont buy them without them.

Nice cranks. I have a few sets.

I will tell this story in a "Score" thread again someday.

This is where I found one of my sets! ready for the trash, ...one delux exercise bike.....


Look again.....Yes.....it's true....Complete with a genuine Edco Swiss BB. Installed once, removed once......

But the whole story will have to keep for now...
T

[ May 05, 2006, 02:51 AM: Message edited by: Ted Carl ]

Here you go, 165mm or they may be 167mm ? Dura ace on my JMC Justin Roos Mini



Jon W

Wow, looking gd. Man cant wait for the call from my source, heres one set on the Bay wth a roadie chainwheel set:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Crankset-Dura-Ace-vint...1QQcmdZViewItem

Hmmm......because you just might need to change chainwheels on your excersize bike if the pedaling get's too hard.

That's funny - I'm all ears for a good "score" story that has to do with that gem.

Wow that was a score Ted, love to hear the story your hinting at...?

Here is a page from the '82 catalogue swiped from Sheldon Browns history of Dura Ace page. a fantastic website for any cyclist btw.




I could never bring myself to chop up a dura-ace crankset but when love nor money couldn't get me a set of 135mm 3 piece cranks in a hurry for my 4yo short-ar$ed son's micro-mini my father found this for me, an early Shimano 600 crank that I chopped up and retapped for 1/2" pedals. (non-drive crank had a sloppy square drive hence an odd supermaxy found a home)

>is that the original chainwheel that came wth them?

nope .. that's long gone. I bought 'em new back in the day -- they were red -- and I de-anodized 'em a couple years later with oven cleaner. They need some polishing now, though.

Chainrings are to be had on the 'bay for four or five bucks when you can find 'em. I have several.

>I always loved the DA one key release on them. A lot of people tossed them.

I still have one of 'em, but I use it as a crank puller on my son's mini (doteks). Anyone got another?

"I always loved the DA one key release on them. A lot of people tossed them."

How does the one key release look like bro?

Here is my DA 160mm set in anodized red hard to find.

One Key Release

The ones "off of the exercise bike" have them installed on there, in the second pic I posted, as well.

so whats the difference with dura race, and shimano 600's?

-look the same to me?

Dura Ace is the top of the line

Shimano 600 is the next model down

love that old shimano ad!!!!!

Ok guys went back to the lbs to bring back my sweet set. 170 wth the Shimano one key release dust cover. Even found another orphaned drive arm in a shorter 165 length.Need to dust them off and mount them on my PK, joy!!