[Closed] SLX cranks

Yeah they are rrrrreeeeaallyyyy heavy aren't they !

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The main weight difference between xt and slx is the chainrings

whats the best chainrings middleburn?

whats the best chainrings middleburn?

define best?

strong and light

I'd probably not bother. A lighter bashring is an obvious choice, but we're talking about an empty crisp packet weight difference.

As for chainrings, Middleburns are good but if you've got the double and bash SLX cranks then you've already got an alloy 36T ring. You might have another handful of grammes by swapping to an alloy granny ring though.

For what it's worth, I've swapped to a steel Deore chainring on my SLX doubles, simply because of the longer life.

So they weigh at about 999grams SLX m665 cranks?

Change bash save 100grams?
and inner ring save about 50 grams?
maybe ti bolts as well?

am just being gay and trying to save as much weight as possbile 😉

SLX double and bash is 110g heavier than the SLX triple.
Crank arms are beefier with steel pedal inserts.
Bash is heavy, 36T is strong and thick alloy, not composite.

If you are serious about weight reduction, swap to the triple arms and swap their 32T composite ring and steel granny for light alloy such as TA Specialites.
32T composite is approx 58g, TA is approx 38g.
22T steel is approx 40g, TA is approx 20g.
Alloy bolts also cut weight, by approx 15g for the full set of 8.

XT arms weigh approx 5g more than SLX, and as some wit pointed out, it is probably the paint.

PaulD

Troll

Pedants corner here, but it's actually the axle that's beefier on SLX double cranks, the crank arms are the same pedal inserts aside.

When you add up the cost of replaing chainrings and Ti bolts then you might as well consider a lighter set of pedals instead.

STFU then MTFU and ride your bike..

if you want light as possible why slx?

am just being [b]gay[/b] and trying to save as much weight as possbile

good old casual homophobia, got to love it 🙄

ok thanks for all replys....ill just MTFU and ride my bike 😉

hang on you want a super light crankset but you ride a nukeproof mega? 😕

i just wanted to see if you can make SLX m665 cranks lighter

You could drill a series of holes down the centre line of each crank arm as only the outer edges are in tension/compression

you could remove the bash, the outer and middle ring. cut the spider off and only run the granny ring