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Description:From the forged in logos and post finish machining on the crank arms and chainrings to the high end features usually reserved for cranks twice the price, The Evolve XC finally brings some drool factor to the budget oriented, performance crankset market.
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Submitted by
mycisco
a Weekend Warrior
from Novato, California, USA
Date Reviewed: August 27, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Toads Wild Ride, Boggs, Annadel | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | craigslist.org | | Strengths: | good looks, solid feel before it broke | | Weaknesses: | Water gets into BB and locks up bearings | | Similar Products Used: | shimano | | Bike Setup: | Santa Cruz heckler | | Bottom Line: | This crankset lasted less than 20 rides. The left bearing locked up tight, and after reading the reviews here, I chose to junk the thing rather than replace the bb and have it fail again. I'd stay away from this one. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
AndyMac_78
a Cross Country Rider
from Adelaide, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
Date Reviewed: August 14, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Strong and reliable initially. | | Weaknesses: | Mud gets into BB and bearings.
Splines wear out (easily) after time and drive side develops play.
| | Similar Products Used: | None but going to XT. | | Bike Setup: | Giant Trance 1 2007 | | Bottom Line: | Came stock on my Giant Trance 1 (2007). Similar issues to others in that the spline has worn out and then the drive side crank arm develops play. This started after 1 year, but kept persisting with crank bolt done up super tight and a little play. The last time I took apart to clean the crank had serious play. So its going in the bin. Quite disappointed with the life of these cranks - less than two years. I have had cheaper cranks last a lot longer. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Luke Becker
a Weekend Warrior
from Portland, OR, USA
Date Reviewed: July 16, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Buckskinner | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$98.00 | | Purchased At: | IMT | | Strengths: | Looks good, easy to maintain. Strong platform for an all mountain riding big guy. | | Weaknesses: | Nothing. Even when I forgot to tighten the driveside pedal after a rode trip, and stripped it off, still held that darn pedal for one whole season. Until, the day it failed... | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano (okay), Truvativ (too weak, broke two arms in one summer). | | Bike Setup: | Kona Dawg Primo, custom build. | | Bottom Line: | Worked better than great. I'm a bigger guy (230#), and punished these little XC cranks to no end. Mostly trail riding, no huge drops, lots of ripping downhill, lots of trudging uphill. Even pulled half the threads out of one of the pedal sockets. Still held strong. Until the day they "failed". During a fast descent, I heard a snap, and the drive side arm separated, sending my groin unabashedly into my saddle. They worked flawlessly, until that fateful day. It was undeniably my own stupid fault, but these cranks held up to four superb seasons of trail riding. Just be sure to check for stress cracks occasionally. Your saddle will appreciate it. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
chris
a Weekend Warrior
from modesto, ca
Date Reviewed: April 30, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | Greenfishsports.com | | Strengths: | They look great and work great! | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | XT cranks | | Bike Setup: | 06' SC heckler | | Bottom Line: | For the price you can not beat them. I read other reviews where people have had bad experiences with these cranks, but I have not had a single issue with them yet. Bottom line, for the price you can get these you can save $100 and spend it on some other part on your bike. Or just buy a sweet bash guard like I did. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
monkies
a Weekend Warrior
from san francisco, CA
Date Reviewed: April 24, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | demo | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | it's really strong, and there's no issues with flex or anything after 3 years of heavy abuse (5'7" 150 lbs). | | Weaknesses: | none really. the nude silver color is dated. | | Similar Products Used: | only set of cranks i've ever had. | | Bike Setup: | ibis mojo | | Bottom Line: | these came with my 2005 kona dawg dee-lux...i've used them for trail riding, light freeride with 5' drops to transitions and flat, jumps, and ski resort downhill. not 1 issue ever so i can't complain. don't know if they are weaker now, but these things are solid from 2005. no loosening ever, no bb issues (the bb finally seized up last month...got 3 years out of it, most of it east coast MD riding), and not a creak. i put them on my mojo last year and don't see any need to update unless the isis bb issue becomes a constant worry, or i just want to update for bling purposes. aside from a fashion statement, they've held up through tons of major abuse...and they're the evolve xc! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Eric
a Cross Country Rider
from Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: April 19, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | Brantford Cyclepath | | Strengths: | Strong lightweight flex free crankset, good quality chainrings. RaceFace durability | | Weaknesses: | RaceFace bb is so-so | | Similar Products Used: | Truvativ GXP system | | Bike Setup: | '03 GT Avalanche 1.0, custom polished frame and pimped out. | | Bottom Line: | These were my first set of ISIS cranks, they are strong and remain flex-free under heavy power loads (and I'm a 230lbs clydesdale). Good quality chainrings make shifting a snap. The RaceFace bb is a bit of a disappointment for the price but did manage to hold up for a year before I made the switch to a Truvativ ISIS bb. These cranks have never let me down. Perfect for abusive XC riding, just be sure to use it with a better BB. I would give it 5 chili's but the RF bb holds it back. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
swisgar swiggle
a Cross Country Rider
from Mordhaus, netherlands
Date Reviewed: March 26, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Karpotkins Revenge | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Dis race face things is the craps. After one year of ridin the thing gets all wobbly. I takes off my arms and a bearing is seizured. I dont understands how the great race faces could sell such garbage? | | Weaknesses: | It should last a few seasons at least. I shall make race face bow down before me and honor my warranty. The design of the race face crankset is flawwed as it relies on a crush washer to not overtighten the bearings. Shimano allows for a much more precision adjustment of its balls and bearings. I guess thats what we get when a company specs this crankset as OEM instead of shimano. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano un-72 etc | | Bike Setup: | Lots of spikes and angry fists. | | Bottom Line: | Shimano is better and even LX looks nicer. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andrew Bassingthwaighte
a Cross Country Rider
from Albury, NSW, Australia
Date Reviewed: March 18, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$150.00 | | Strengths: | They are light, they look good. | | Weaknesses: | The design | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano XT | | Bike Setup: | Giant Anthem 0 '07
Giant XTC2 '06 | | Bottom Line: | I have 2 bikes and both came with Raceface cranks. After about 12 months I found it hard to keep the cranks from coming loose. I tried loc-tite, I checked out the instructions on their website (which are great). The cranks just keep coming loose, this leads to the splines becoming "flogged out" making it even harder to get the cranks tight, so they just keep wabbling. Ive now purchased XT cranks and they are alot easier to maintain. Much better design. I have spoken to alot of Giant bike purchasers over the past 12 months and they're all having the same problem. The cranks make for a cheap bike but I'd ask you LBS to change them over. Poor design. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Frank
a Weekend Warrior
from Brick NJ
Date Reviewed: March 16, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$150.00 | | Purchased At: | lbs | | Strengths: | look nice...light to a fault. | | Weaknesses: | where do I begin | | Similar Products Used: | truvativ, shimano, other race face cranks | | Bike Setup: | 03 Iron Horse | | Bottom Line: | After a few months the BB brgs gave out. I thought it was a fluke so I bought another BB and a couple more months of good riding I detected a loose feeling. I thought it was the BB again but it was ok. I couldn't figure out what it was until I assembled the cranks OFF the bike. The drive side cranks splines were worn. This is why they only have a 1yr warr., they are crap. I have had luck with my old Turbine LP's and a set of Isis cranks, but it ends here. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jakethehick
a Weekend Warrior
from Pawcatuck, CT, USA
Date Reviewed: January 27, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | the cranks themselves are light and very stiff and strong | | Weaknesses: | the cranks are too good for the BB! I bent both spindles on my BB wile the branks remained unharmed! | | Bottom Line: | the cranks are great, just plan on replacing your BB after a few months (or in my case A few jumps!) While I know these arent for freeride, I've oftened wondered why Coilers come stock with these things! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John Mills
a Racer
from Melboune; Australia
Date Reviewed: December 4, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Lysterfield | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | Came on Trance Bike | | Strengths: | Looks OK. | | Weaknesses: | Similar to other reviews. No complaints initially. Some sticking in Bearings, Extractor bolt came loose and lost on the trail, Drive side started to become sloppy and could not be fixed by tightening. | | Similar Products Used: | Race face with standard bottom bracket, Shimano, Truvativ. | | Bike Setup: | 2006 Trance 2 | | Bottom Line: | Thought the bearings in the bracket may have worn. Replaced these and still had play on the drive side. I suspect the splines are worn. This may be my fault as this was my first external BB set up and maybe I should have checked the tightness more regularly.
Will try a Shimano XT unit now. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pebble
a Weekend Warrior
from Australia
Date Reviewed: December 1, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | OEM product on '06 Trance | | Strengths: | Strong, good looking, durable chainrings.
Very easy to remove & put back on!
Can be serviced! | | Weaknesses: | Not as smooth / drag free as others I've had | | Similar Products Used: | Stock Specialized Cranks
Shimano Octalink | | Bike Setup: | The Evolve XC (ex type) were as stock on my '06 Trance 3. | | Bottom Line: | Great system, the cranks were very easy to remove & put back on with just one 8mm allen key. No proprietary tool needed such as for the Shimano Octalink that came on my husbands HT.
The bearings can also be greased and checked by removing the seal carefully, so they are somewhat serviceable, even though race face doesn't recommend this. I checked mine a couple of times in the 18 months I had them & they were clean as a whistle, I just added a bit more grease whilst I was at it. The place where I live is extremely dusty so the system seems good to me.
Only issue is that they did have some drag, not as free spinning as the octalinks on hubby's bike, but I'd put that down to incorrect set up I guess.
I would probably buy them again - well the Diabolus cranks will come on my next bike so I'll see if there is still a drag issue - but I must say I look forward to having Diabolus cranks instead of Saints!
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Submitted by
Dennis
a
from New Zealand
Date Reviewed: August 17, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$170.00 | | Strengths: | looks cool | | Weaknesses: | very soft metal, buckles easy | | Similar Products Used: | cheap noname cranks | | Bottom Line: | DONT BUY THESE, ive had mine for less than a month and the cranks are allready buckled, i havnt even had time to use these i have just been riding them to school (less than 1km a day)and i went around a mud track for about an hour, the cheap 18yr old cranks i had on my fsr were better (i got them free). | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Paul
a Racer
from New Zealand
Date Reviewed: July 6, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Bottle lake forest | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | Came with the Giant Anthem 2 | | Strengths: | I have found the whole setup great until now. Nice cranks, stiff arms, solid rings and all lite weight. | | Weaknesses: | Everything was great until the left side bearing wanted to seize. Took it all apart and found a sandpit in the bottom bracket housing. No sand, or sign of water in the bottom bracket. Racefaces inside seals work well. I believe it is the outside seals next to the crank arms that are letting mositure in. | | Similar Products Used: | Durace and XT | | Bike Setup: | 2006 Giant Anthem 2, Standard race bike off the shop floor | | Bottom Line: | The outside seals need to be improved, but we can't fix that, so take note RACEFACE. The inside bottom bracket sandpit we can fix. I suggest you use RTV sealant around the seatpost to frame joint and also in the frame split. That will at least mean we have done our part.
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Submitted by
Patrick
a Weekend Warrior
from FM Texas
Date Reviewed: June 6, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Grapevine, NorthShore | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$130.00 | | Purchased At: | PricePoint.xom | | Strengths: | I have ridden these cranks for over a year. I am 6'5" tall and weigh over 280. I am hard on parts as I am in pretty good shape and ride hard. The first set of these cranks I used failed due to a faulty install by my LBS. I ordered another set and a installed them with a buddy. Here is the deal, the instructions say to tighten the crank down until the bolt will no longer turn. It must bottom out the threads or it is not tight enough and the cranks will enventually loosen up and fail. You will think it is because of a faulty part but it is due to a poor install. Basically you are pressing the cranks onto the spline. It takes a lot of torque.
This crank will not fail if installed properly. | | Weaknesses: | It is hard to install properly. | | Bottom Line: | Buy the cranks. Install them right. For the money, you can't go wrong. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dennis
a Weekend Warrior
from Fishers Island, NY
Date Reviewed: May 12, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Tsali | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$130.00 | | Purchased At: | Greenefishsports | | Strengths: | Good looks, thats a strength only if you like to look at your cranks all the time during riding. | | Weaknesses: | Loud cracking noise, stiffing up after a few rides. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano XT | | Bike Setup: | Kona Dawg, DT Swiss 240, Avid Juicy 7, XT rear. | | Bottom Line: | Don't buy these cranks. I've had them for about 3 months, but used only a handful of times, no DH, nothing crasy. They have already developed loud cracking noise, stiffen up and God knows what's coming next. I'm taking very good care of my bike, always clean, lube, so all these listed above problems came not from bad user but from cheap manufacturer. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Wes
a Cross Country Rider
from San Diego
Date Reviewed: May 10, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Nobel Canyon | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$129.00 | | Purchased At: | Beyond Bikes | | Strengths: | Cheap, stiff, good looking I guess. The 06 has been flawless in the year I've had it. | | Weaknesses: | I bought the 05 model and of course the splines fell apart, it was a seriously flawed product. Beyond Bikes sent it back to Race Face for warranty, and told me they would fix or replace it, but it would take a long time. I dropped the bike off as I was leaving for a 2-week vacation, and it still wasn't back 4 weeks after I returned. Beyond gave me a great price on an 06 Evolve XC, which they said was a much better design, and they're right. I finally got the 05 set back from Race Face, still sitting in the box. Maybe they'll go on the FS bike I'm building. Great support from Beyond Bikes. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano LX, XT, XTR, plus the giant overweight piece of junk that came on this bike. | | Bike Setup: | 03 HardRock, SRAM X.7, Juicy 5's, Marzocchi Bomber. | | Bottom Line: | The 06 seems to be a pretty good value. Can't attest to wet weather performance, we don't get much of that in San Diego. Can't say enough good things about Beyond Bikes service and support. Can't curse Race Face (non) support with enough fleas. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bogdan
a Weekend Warrior
from Canada
Date Reviewed: April 18, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$210.00 | | Purchased At: | Toronto Bicycle Show | | Strengths: | These cranks are stiff, light and look good. | | Weaknesses: | Bad BB cup bearings ... Raceface Customer Support Is terrible!!! | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano, Specialized, Ritchey | | Bike Setup: | 2005 Giant Trance | | Bottom Line: | After 7 months of low-to-average use (approx 3 or 4 hours a week of aggressive, but rarely wet or muddy riding)the drive side BB cup bearing barely spins any more.
This would not necessarily be a bad thing on its own, but trying to get SUPPORT FROM RACEFACE IS IMPOSSIBLE! Raceface has NEVER answered, or replied to any of my various attempts to contact them.
Any products for which a company provides no customer support/service when problems arise cannot get a high rating. In my case, if support was available, this crank set would get a better rating, but if this is how Raceface chooses to treat their clients, the clients will eventually start looking elsewhere. Too bad Raceface! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Manny
a
from Truro, Nova Scotia
Date Reviewed: April 3, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | Used | | Strengths: | Looks killer and feels so stiff. | | Weaknesses: | none so far | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano LX, Raceface Ride, FSA | | Bike Setup: | Kona Dawg, Hope M4, SRAM X-9 | | Bottom Line: | These have not given me any trouble so far so I am keeping my finger crossed. Got them barely used for a decent price and they feel powerful when compared to my old XT's. Love em! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pete
a Weekend Warrior
from Ottawa
Date Reviewed: April 2, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Purchased At: | Bicyclettesdehull | | Strengths: | Looks great! External BB, works well with SRAM | | Weaknesses: | Haven't noticed anything yet. | | Similar Products Used: | FSA MEgaExo, Truvative, Deore LX | | Bike Setup: | Prophet 400 | | Bottom Line: | Not sure why so many people are having problems with this crank. My LBS put in on and it hasn't made any strange noises and works quite well with my SRAM setup. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jesse
a Weekend Warrior
from Melb, Aus
Date Reviewed: March 9, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | look good... | | Weaknesses: | i've had these for about a year and a half, came standard on my xtc2. about 6 months ago i started having trouble with my front chain jumping about. realised the crank arm was loose, took it into the LBS and they found that the spindle on the right crank was f*'d. tried to contact raceface and no help there either... i'd suggest looking at a different set of cranks. | | Bottom Line: | they worked well when i first got them but broke quickly and haven't had any support from race face in relation to the issue. poor quality and cs. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jon BonJovie
a Racer
from Marin, CA
Date Reviewed: February 4, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | old springs, eldridge, windy ridge | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | Came with Bike, Bikenut | | Strengths: | This is a review for the Race face evolve xc x-type crankset. Very stiff and spins real good. Chains rings are real light weight and very stiff, cnc from some stiff aluminun. | | Weaknesses: | The bearings died today. THey lasted 1 year of hard riding, probably 5000+ miles. Got new rings on them a couple of months ago and they run real good. I don't think they use that good of bearings. The seals aren't trusty. | | Similar Products Used: | XTR, XT, LX. | | Bike Setup: | Trance 2 with Raceface evolve cranks, thomson 70mm stem, answer protaper bars, Reba Sl, Fox Rp3, Hayes 9xc with 7inch rotors and hope stainless steel lines. Time Carbon rxs atac pedals, xt front deraileur and rear cassette. mavic hand made wheels with dt swiss hubs. Rampage 2.35 front tire, cinder 2.1 rear tire tubeless. Im going tubeless with a nevegal in the front soon and putting on a 36 tooth chainring with my E13 bashguard. Its gonna be awesome. | | Bottom Line: | Great value for a great crank. I have heard some bad stories about the x type bottem bracket freezing up and other problems. Have really slammed these bad boys through a lot of stuff and have never given me trouble until today, well actually yesterday. After i rode down Mt Tam the bearings were toasted. But the chainrings are great and last a long time, the bearings they use are ok but dont last very long. I replaced them with Phill Wood Bearings and they feel like butter. I hear Phil Wood bearings have real good seals too. We shall see. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Cookie_Monster
a Racer
from Toronto, ON, Canada
Date Reviewed: July 14, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$140.00 | | Purchased At: | Pricepoint.com | | Strengths: | Price
Stiff
Canadian | | Weaknesses: | You really need to measure your chainline and play with the spacers | | Similar Products Used: | Truvativ blase ISIS | | Bike Setup: | '06 Kona Leroi, XT/XT, SRAM PG-980 cassette, SRAM PC-971 chain | | Bottom Line: | Have ridden these in dry dust, and muddy conditions - haven't experienced the dry bearing problem, and I find them stiff enough for my 160 lbs frame. The instrctions for chainline didn't apply for me at all. For me, 49mm chainline is with 3 big spacers on non-drive side, 0 big spacers on drive side, with one small 1mm spacer on each side of the spindle. I hear so much about dry bearings, but they are now serviceable if you search the internet for the article that shows you how. I installed these myself and have no problems with creaking, bending etc. and my strength is hill-climbing. I would say still get these if you don't have the $$$ to go to RF Deus or FSA Team Issue MegaExo. Just make sure you install them properly. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Darius
a
from Manila, Phils
Date Reviewed: June 28, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Cheap | | Weaknesses: | Weak, sloppy | | Similar Products Used: | Race Face North Shore XS, XT, XTR, LX | | Bike Setup: | Kona Caldera | | Bottom Line: | Within one month of installing these, after exactly 6 rides, the bearings became so contaminated that the cranks no longer spun freely. In fact, they spun barely at all. And yes, I installed the washers and gaskets as instructed. My local LBS was good enough to rebuild it for me and to overhaul the bearings to get things running smoothly again. One month later and it developed slop and creaking noises. I am faced with the prospect of replacing a brand new part. A huge disappointment and I am still not convinced of the utility of x-type external bearing systems, particularly in rainy muddy environments. What the heck was so bad about good old fashioned bottom brackets that lasted for years? Oh yeah, these allow bigger bearings. Blah blah blah, I;ve been riding on the supposdely inferior smaller bearings of sealed BB units for 20 years. Not one of those failed me in less than 2 years of constant use. I'm going back to old school.
if I could give these a zero rating, I would. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tim Tucker
a Cross Country Rider
from Winter Park CO
Date Reviewed: April 30, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Zoom | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$120.00 | | Purchased At: | Online | | Strengths: | Looks good in the box. | | Weaknesses: | flex,durability,made from soft metal | | Similar Products Used: | None. This crank is the worst on the market. | | Bike Setup: | Kona Dawg | | Bottom Line: | First thing the crank arms gouge easy(very soft metal). Next the chainrings will bend. The puller cap will come off on the trail. Last the crank starts to get sloppy on the spline. It is hard to find a crank that will fail in so many ways. Raceface product are scetcky. Alot of them are good, others will fail at a bad time and put you down. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
B- Digital
a Cross Country Rider
from California --Bay Area
Date Reviewed: April 18, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Any | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$139.00 | | Purchased At: | Greenfishsports | | Strengths: | None | | Weaknesses: | Weak Wings, Bends SUPER easy | | Similar Products Used: | Stock: Truvativ Triple 5D | | Bike Setup: | Novara FS: SRAM Derailluers XO (which rock) SRAM 7 triggers. Everything else pretty much stock. | | Bottom Line: | I failed to read the reviews for the crank but they are correct. The crank is GARBAGE, it BENT on my ****2nd ride***. It flexes so much its almost shifting my rear cog. I don't ride hard at all & I haven't even jumped with the new crank and wasn't planning to. I do XC riding & the crankthing BENT. No serious uphill or hard climbs, just normal riding & after not even 20 miles.. toast. DO NOT BUY THIS CRANK. It is cheap and soft as silly putty. Some say you get what you pay for... but listen. My stock Truvativ crank (which you can buy for about $50 never bent at all for the YEAR I have had it) So tell me, is it me or the crank... THIS CRANK SUCKS. I am the 9th person to list this same issue out of 24 people whom left a review. Now although there are some good reviews, basically 38% of us have bending issues with the crank... that is a little more than just coincidence.
1 chili for value because it is pricey for a 20 mile ride
& 1 chili because it is a poor manufactured product | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Hamrhed65
a Cross Country Rider
from New Jersey USA
Date Reviewed: April 3, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$120.00 | | Purchased At: | Pricepoint | | Strengths: | Great Price, nice looks, easy to install,durable and stiff | | Weaknesses: | None so far | | Similar Products Used: | Middleburn, shimano LX and XT | | Bottom Line: | I am 6'2" and weigh about 190. I initially bought these because they were the best I could afford at the time.Didn't plan on having them so long but couldn't be happier.
Cranks are one of the points on a bike that you shouldn't ever have to think about, just install them and go.These fit the bill.
I have bashed these into logs and feel no flex on my hardtail. These were so easy to install and the weight is reasonable at this price level. I have read a lot of reviews here saying the rings bend and in all fairness there isn't a lot of rocks where I ride, but any chainring against a rock will bend. You don't have to be an engineer to figure that one out.
Great buy for the money, can't comment on Race Face product support and I hope I never have to!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
epicwannabe
a Cross Country Rider
from Taylors SC USA
Date Reviewed: March 17, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | DuPont State Forest | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$140.00 | | Purchased At: | BlueSkyCycling.com | |
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