[Closed] hollowtech 2 cranks

its a good deal. bought one for me and one for a friend. good deal, pretty good quality, relatively heavy - i'm waiting for my new middleburn HT2 to arrive...

nice

hungry monkey, Middleburns are very nice indeed..

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how much are they, stupid question

Without rings, the RRP is £180. I got mine from 18 Bikes and Simon did a discount. The axel is bonded and bolted to the non drive arm. The quality is really nice.

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This shows the little tension collar on the non drive side to get the pre-load spot on.

So with those middleburns, is the drive side crank an interference fit a la raceface rather than pinch bolts like HT2?

Kttc, It's a splined interface with a very slight taper. You undo the crank bolt in the same way as a self extracting bolt, which is esentially what it is. Very snug fit and the the machining is really nice.

A pain in the ass to set up with a chainguide then... Shame, they look nice.

Be interesting to do some stiffness testing on them, they're pretty skinny and they aren't hollow. Anyone got a set I can bend? 🙂

Not really. I replaced the old XT cranks with these, set the pre-load with the little collar (v. similar to xtr) and the chainline is exactly as before. I'm single chainring with a Rohloff guide and it works perfectly.

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