Hi all! The outer chainring on my Mr Whirly crankset has finally worn out, and I went to buy another one, only to find it out costs an eye-watering £70, holy smokes. This is why I don’t like Surly, despite really liking their bikes and having a Moonlander and a Krampus!

Decided I might as well buy another crankset instead of putting another £70 into it, and then finding out they’ve probably discontinued it the next time that one wears out. However, most cranksets seem to be for a 170mm back end, not a 190mm which I’m guessing the Moonlander offset is equivalent to. Can anyone advise a reasonably priced crankset? Don’t really want to spend more than a £100. I’m guessing it would need about a 120mm axle and I’d prefer a double crankset than a single. I found this which looks a bit too good to be true!

Ridewill Fat Bike Crankset 120mm

Can anyone advise? Would be much appreciated! (:

I thought about it and in the end decided to just buy the new chainring. The last one seemed to last an age.

I did wonder if anyone made chainrings with just holes rather than mounting tabs that coukd have holes drilled to fit. Preferably in steel!

Presumably brexit has made it worse as I didn’t quite pay 70 quid for it.

http://forums.mtbr.com/fat-bikes/moonlander-crank-options-845465.html

Poster says 190mm race face cranks don’t work but 170s do…

My issue is that there’s no point pouring almost as much money as it costs to buy a new crank into it, especially considering that they will probably discontinue it soon. And then there’s the principle of it!

Thanks for the link! I actually have a pair of Raceface Atlas 100mm cranks (for 170mm spacing I thinj) and they nowhere near fit. I also tried an e13 fat bike crankset for a 170mm rear end and the clearance on the chainstays was less than a milimetre. I think the thing is to go with ones with a wider axle, hence the 120mm ridewill ones, but not sure if it will fit. Might be worth a punt?

I’m not so sure it’ll get discontinued soon. They still knock out 1x1s and Moonie framesets. 😉

Ask coastkid..he’ll know for sure.google his website or ask on facebook fatbike forums.

I’ve got a crankset from a Surly Ice cream truck somewhere in the garage

Johnnystorm, honestly for that much I’d rather just buy a new crankset.

Thanks Kaiser, I’ll give him a go if all else fails! Really enjoyed reading about his builds.

Cozz I’m very interested in it!

ill have a rummage in garage tomorrow eve,

Thank you!