You could get a load more material off them...
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Credit crunch cranks. Lighter than XTR for a tenner!
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Posted 3 years ago #
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LOL!
Firstly, not photoshopped. Anyone near Kent is welcome to come and have a look at them.
Secondly, no the weight saving is not huge, but the Wanga was the heaviest bike I own - heavier than my two FS bikes so I thought it had to go on a diet. Changing forks (Rebas for Toras), grips, stem, cassette and the cranks lost 2kg and makes the bike noticeably nicer to ride. Total cost once I sold the old bits was about £120. Worth every penny at the moment.
Thirdly I do use a TA unramped chainring, but the chain still occasionally came off. I also took the grinder to the chain device...
And finally, my 20 stone mate has never broken a set of these cranks, having removed less than a third of the weight from the arms, I'm quite happy that my 10 stone weight will be fine!
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Remove half your brake rotor bolts or replace your heavy disk brakes with v's! Lose your headset topcap, chop down your steerer and get rid of the spacers. Chop down your bars, replace the grips with some bar tape, get ultra thin tyres, remove all decals, sandblast off the paint, chop down your carbon seatpost, singlespeed.
Or just enjoy the ride as it is.
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I see from the above picture that he's cut away the thick side and left the thin side. Legend.
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I met a chap who'd removed all the paint from his alu frame - emery paper I guess. Maybe it would make a battered frame look better but I couldn't be bothered with that.
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Bloody hell Ballsofcottonwool. Fortunately my cranks are not the hollow ones, and there is a LOT more metal left than the ones in your pic!
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Welcome to snapsville population - YOU.
Dont expect any sympathy and dont say we didnt warn you when you post the "crank broke and dug in to shin requiring 30stiches' thread.
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