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Is this me or is this a good deal?
http://www.merlincycles.com/bike-shop/mtb-parts/transmission-gears/chainsets-mtb/shimano-xtr-m970-9-speed-chainset.html
Depends if you're in the market for a £300 crank thats 2 years out of date?
'ish'
you do need specific tools to fit them which are costly if they don't come with it.
I remember when they were selling the XTR M960 cranksets for £120...
can you not just use a normal ht2 spanner?
Shimano's price hikes since 2009 have been swingeing, there's no way I'd buy an XTR crankset for £300 that's a generation and a bit old. And I too remember when they were knocked out for £120 and you could get XT for under £90.
Part of the reason for the hikes was the pound taking a nosedive, but that doesn't explain everything.
Walla24 - BB's are normal - the crank bolt needs a special extractor to get it off and the pre-load is supposed to have it's own tool, too (although I've found a BB spanner works ok).
glad i dint go for it then! having a sniff around aerozine cranks...only thing i can afford anywhere near xtr weight!
Strikes me as massively expensive, the new ones cost less than that
I bought some of the £120 960's.....got £90 for the rings and £30 for the BB.Free cranks!!
Not what I'd call cheap.
Not what I'd call cheap.
+1
I've already got them on two bikes, probably worth buying at that price for the spares, rings etc.
Edit: Just checked CRC prices, a set of rings is only £200
they are nice cranks and they don't scuff up much.
How about these ?
http://www.canyon.com/_uk/outlet/article.html?o=A1018656
cheap there not but nice
those canyon ones look nice 🙂