Miranda’s all-singing, all-dancing Infinium Crankset

Titanium, carbon nanoscale matrix shield, proprietary nanostructuring manufacturing processes, oh my!

Touting a titanium chainring, titanium bottom bracket spindle, proprietary tooth profile, and “custom-formulated carbon nanoscale matrix shield” that reduces friction “to near zero,” Portugese brand Miranda’s latest press release is ready to take on all comers in buzzword bingo.

The details actually sound quite impressive:  The Delta crank arm alone was “developed using special automatic and proprietary nanostructuring cold forged aluminium manufacturing processes” and mounts to a titanium alloy bottom bracket spindle “with a design that can handle very high load conditions.”

The titanium chainring seems to have received even more magic dust.  That uses a tall (rather than narrow-wide) tooth profile for chain retention, à la FSA’s first-generation Megatooth models. And don’t forget the “carbon-based layers to lubricate and protect the chainring”:

To further improve the performance, the titanium alloy chainring on INFINIUM is coated with a custom-formulated carbon nanoscale matrix shield, reducing friction to near zero and hugely increasing the endurance and longevity of the chainring.

All told, the Infinium is a handsome crankset that “can sustain and absorb hard rock impacts without causing any structural damage.”  The 600g weight (32t with bottom bracket) doesn’t exactly make it “one of the lightest cranksets available” -not with RaceFace’s Next SL coming in under 500g- but still nothing to sneeze at.

The press release suggests that the Infinium crankset will be available during the first three months of 2015.  In the meantime, we will have to make do with Miranda’s claims… and what look to be computer-generated renderings.  More at miranda.net.