Submitted by
illnacord
a Weekend Warrior
from East Bay 92510 Date Reviewed: May 2, 2009
Favorite Trail:
Demo Forest Soquel, CA
Duration Product Used:
2 Years
Price Paid:
$200.00
Purchased At:
JensonUSA
Strengths:
Function, Fashion, Brand Name, Build Quality, Japanese Engineered, matte black finish, external bottom bracket for Chris King upgrade.
Weaknesses:
Can easily strip if installed wrong. Follow instructions and you're okay!
Similar Products Used:
ISIS, square taper
Bike Setup:
Bianchi SASS, metro tuned.
Bottom Line:
Ultimate setup. I run the first generation 800-2 (double chainring with bash guard) and removed the granny ring to run SS. Now have a Salsa non-ramped single speed specific 32T chainring mounted. For a big guy, can feel the stiffness and directness of the Saints versus Truvativ ISIS Stylo crankset like night and day. For their burly strength ratio, these are lightweight even though they are engineered for gravity downhill bombers and huckers. I run the Middleburn RS7's square taper on my other ride and between the two, it's a toss up. You can find the first generation online for quite inexpensive (sub-$200 complete including bash guard chainring and bottom bracket). 5/5.
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Submitted by
bWu
a Weekend Warrior
from Toronto Date Reviewed: June 29, 2008
Favorite Trail:
Lots
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$250.00
Purchased At:
Friend
Strengths:
This is an amazing crank it feels so stiff and can take tons of abuse, Highly recommended it felt better then my friends race face diablous which is heavier.
Weaknesses:
The bolts for tightening the crank are a bit soft(easy to strip) and you need to purchase a special piece to tighten cranks
Similar Products Used:
Race face diablous, Hussefelt, Ruktion
Bike Setup:
Stinky Dee-Lux, Boxxers, Strokers, ++ many goodies
Bottom Line:
Great crank bit overpriced but great feel and not extremely heavy ! Would of been 4 Chilis if MRSP was 250 or under but still a great craink
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Submitted by
Ben DeSousa
a Weekend Warrior
from Huntington Beach Date Reviewed: July 7, 2005
Favorite Trail:
any trail on saddle back, OC
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Price Paid:
$300.00
Purchased At:
Local shop does not matter
Strengths:
The outboard bearing design is absolutely amazing. There is a significant difference in stiffness, compared to even the isis BB design.
Weaknesses:
The small and middle chain rings have already stretched out. I have an amazing amount of chain suck occuring. The solution is to replace them. I have been riding the cranks for approx 12 months, w/ approx 500 miles of off road on them. I'm a big guy and I have been cranking on them pretty hard so I imagine that could be some factors.
Similar Products Used:
Truvative husselfelt, with DH isis BB.
Bike Setup:
Santa Cruz Heckler, xtr, older mavic 321 wheel set, 35 lbs. 98% of the time on XC trails, lots of climbing.
Bottom Line:
This is an awesome crank set. I wish the chain rings would have lasted at least 2-years. This crank set is amazingly strong and stiff. If I had to do it again I would probably get the XT crank set. They are lighter and stiff as I need a crank set to be. I was leaning toward the saint crank for the color (blackish) and a really heavyduty crank for my size. rider wt. 250lb. I think the XT would be just fine though. next time.
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