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I need to find a replacement crankset for my bicycle, and it's been very challenging to say the least (I don't know much about bicycles myself). From what I can gather of the net and spec sheet, these are the specs for the original crankset: - 170mm crank length - 52T chainring (7 speed bicycle) - Square tapered, two piece bottom bracket I've mailed and visited about 10 dealers/shops and it seems noone is able to help me. According to someone I spoke to at CycleLab, the main problem is the chainring. He said finding a crankset with those dimensions + 52T chainring. I understand that I can get a chainring with a different number of teeth and it will affect gearing, but I don't mind as long as it's not too bad and the crankset actually fits. This is a picture of the original crankset: http://i.imgur.com/AKnpkdX.jpg If I order it from overseas, shipping costs work out to 40% more than the actual crankset! Does anyone have any recommendations? At this point all I really want is something that will fit on the bike and will cost under R1000.

Hi The thread on my right crank is stripped so I've decided to get a new crank set. The trouble is, I don't know where to get one and what to look for. I've phoned around but noone seems to have spares for this model in Cape Town at the moment. Can I replace this it with a generic crank set? What size/spec would I need? I'm not very familiar with bicycle parts... I've already had the crank rethreaded by Link Engineering in Salt River - they did a terrible job. The first time they put the pedal in the wrong side of the crank, believe it or not. After the fixed it, the pedal popped out along with the helicoil after about a week.