I'm in need of a new crankset, I'm sick of going through BB's on my Truvativ FireX one's & now I need two chainrings. I think I'm going to try one of the MTB compact one's with 22/36 teeth & bashguard.
What would people recommend? I'm quite an aggresive rider, on a hardtail, I enjoy a bit of jumping thrown in to the mix as well as living in the lakes quite a lot of rocky descents. Long term I'm aiming for a Chris King BB so is the SLX & Saint BB's interchangeable as CK's goes with the SLX BB. Also I prefer the look of the new Saint cranks.
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SLX or Saint Crankset
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Posted 2 years ago #
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Race Face Atlas FR or AM are cheaper & lighter than Saint & they have a lifetime warranty. The BBs are much better now & will be compatible with King. They're also available in lots of pretty colours.
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Never thought of that as the CK website says only compatible with Shimano BB's. Have to look in to that one.
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i had a long, drawn out warranty claim on a set of raceface cranks. it wasnt the bb, i broke the arm from the axle on a set of atlas am's. never did get anything despite local bike shop and an engineer at local uni being certain it was a product fault. i wouldnt put too much faith in the lifetime warranty in other words. shimano's rep isnt much better though!
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The SLX double crankset with the steel pedal inserts is really strong and stiff.
Can't see why you'd need anything stronger, unless you're really heavy.
Posted 2 years ago #
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