Any pics flatlander? Am thinking of some for my 5 spot.
My boss has fitted these to his Ibis and they are bloody amazing! They just spin so freely it's unreal. It's an expensive set-up but well worth it and gets rid of the stupid, pathetic, unreliable HT2 crap!!!! I'll be getting mine soon 😀
Leaving brand loyalty, supporting a British company and being different aside is there something Middleburn external cranks offer that Shimano XT don't? Genuine question (not trolling!).
I have no brand loyalty and have never used Middleburn cranks only their chainrings. The arms are as stiff as XT's from what I gather. The older sealed BB's are just so more reliable than HT2 and the UN71/72's just kept spinning so sweet and smooth forever.
Yes I'm a fan of the sqaure taper too, but it's the HTII style I'm asking about. 🙂
I fitted them to my 5 Spot DW but find they are so close to the drive side rear triangle, at times they touch under heavy load, but a beautiful crank, far superior to my previous race face
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i had same issue.
talk to middleburn, they were very good on phone. mine are getting a new axle put in (although its taking them ages to actually send it back to me).
Ahh, thankyou. I guessed it was a peculiarity of the Turner. I eased away some of the inside tip of the crank with the Dremmal and solved it, although grinding my new cranks was a little upsetting..... 😯
aye, that was something i tried to avoid 😉
