We study a.e. convergence on Lp, and Lorentz spaces Lp,q,
p>dβ12dβ, for variants of Riesz means at the critical index
d(21ββp1β)β21β. We derive more general results for
(quasi-)radial Fourier multipliers and associated maximal functions, acting on
L2 spaces with power weights, and their interpolation spaces. We also
include a characterization of boundedness of such multiplier transformations on
weighted L2 spaces, and a sharp endpoint bound for Stein's square-function
associated with the Riesz means