onyerbike531
Retro Guru
Hello forumers
I took a bit of a spill on my tourer earlier today and came down with my full weight on the bike while it skidded along the ground managing to bend my non drive side crank and batter my rear mudguard in the process, I'm not so worried about the mudguard, it's the crank that's worrying me. I now can't turn the cranks for the non drive one is now hitting the stay. I've checked to make sure nothing else is bent and it all seem to be in order. I know I'll need to replace the crankset and was hoping someone on here could suggest what's best to do.
I've looked around the net and can't seem to find one that's similar to what's on my bike, is there an affordable modern alternative because it looks like all the new ones are for bikes with a 7 speed cassette and up while mine is a 6 speed freewheel, a 12 speed in total.
The bike's a 1989 Peugeot Camargue with an HLE tubeset so it's pretty sturdy, the cranks however are Stronglight 85s with 48T, 38T chainrings, it's pretty much a Sachs Huret drive chain pulling quite a lowish gearing setup, which I guess serves well for touring.
I guess these things happen, and are all part of the rough and smooth of being a cyclist. I would like to get the old banger back on the road as soon as I can as it's the bike I use most for lugging stuff around.
Thank you all
I took a bit of a spill on my tourer earlier today and came down with my full weight on the bike while it skidded along the ground managing to bend my non drive side crank and batter my rear mudguard in the process, I'm not so worried about the mudguard, it's the crank that's worrying me. I now can't turn the cranks for the non drive one is now hitting the stay. I've checked to make sure nothing else is bent and it all seem to be in order. I know I'll need to replace the crankset and was hoping someone on here could suggest what's best to do.
I've looked around the net and can't seem to find one that's similar to what's on my bike, is there an affordable modern alternative because it looks like all the new ones are for bikes with a 7 speed cassette and up while mine is a 6 speed freewheel, a 12 speed in total.
The bike's a 1989 Peugeot Camargue with an HLE tubeset so it's pretty sturdy, the cranks however are Stronglight 85s with 48T, 38T chainrings, it's pretty much a Sachs Huret drive chain pulling quite a lowish gearing setup, which I guess serves well for touring.
I guess these things happen, and are all part of the rough and smooth of being a cyclist. I would like to get the old banger back on the road as soon as I can as it's the bike I use most for lugging stuff around.
Thank you all