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PiroChu
a Date Reviewed: May 23, 2012
Strengths: value (price, durability), FSA customer supportWeaknesses: noneBottom Line: I've been using the '06 model that I purchased at a year-end/close-out deal back in late '07, and all pieces are still going strong after 4.5yrs and 2300miles of freeriding. No prob with BB. Crank arm never slipped off on me even once (despite some others' comments). Just crashed hard, and finally bent left-side crank arm (my fault, not product's), but quickly got a replacement arm directly from FSA (great support). Will buy another again.
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Mark Denn
a Cross Country Rider
from Vacaville, CA, USADate Reviewed: September 25, 2011
Strengths: Cheap, durable.Weaknesses: Bottom bracket wears out very fastBottom Line: These are ok if you are trying to get a cheap set up to get you by, but they bottom bracket doesn't last very long. They seem to be pretty durable other than that.
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid:
$160.00
Purchased At: Ray's Cycle
Bike Setup: XTR Derailleurs, shimano pedals on a Blur 4x.
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The Grand Wazoo
a Weekend Warrior
from VirginiaDate Reviewed: May 4, 2010
Strengths: Great chain ringsWeaknesses: crank arms. Customer Service at FSABottom Line: Bend drive side crank arm on the third ride. It had less then 80 miles on it. I Just rolled over a 6" rock and it kicked out from under me and I was at a weird angle on my bike and I felt something funny, just a strange motion. Then I noticed my drive side crank arm was hitting my rear triangle. As heavy and thick as these cranks were designed I should not have had this problem. I had just replaced a XC race face crank set this these and thought it would help with more stiffness. Wrong! These cranks are straight up junk! Here's the kicker, when I called FSA because they are suppose to have a 2 year warrantee a customer service rep told me that there was nothing they could do. He told me "crank arms will bend or break and it's not a manufacturer flaw." He also went on to tell me, "XC cranks are lighter and have some flexibility to prevent bending." What a pile of crap! Then why do they have an all mountain and downhill line? Bottom line is they do not stand behind their product, and it cannot hold up to their competition. BUY SOMETHING ELSE!
Favorite Trail: The Disney Downhill
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$125.00
Purchased At: Nashbar
Similar Products Used: Race Face All Mountain, Race Face Deux
Bike Setup: Rocky Mountain Slayer 70 Chris King every where 2.5 all round. Juicy 7's
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VTSession
a Weekend Warrior
from Boston, MADate Reviewed: April 22, 2010
Strengths: work okay as a tough crankset.....for awhileWeaknesses: -left crank warm won't stay on.
-pinch bolts strip easily
-outer crank bolt strips easily.
-heavyBottom Line: For my first season on my Vagrant these worked well with my e13 DSR. Overtime, the left crank would develop play every so often, I would re-tighten it and keep riding. I then started applying blue Loctite and that worked for a while. Then the pinch bolts stripped as did the 4 mm allen key outer crank bolt. I bought new bolts, applied them with Loctite and now its at the point not where the left arm comes loose every hour of riding. It sucks. I'm fairly sure the interface between the arm and the bottom bracket has been permanently warped.
Not a good product. A FR/DH crankset should be able to handle XC riding for more than a season. Looks like I'm going to go to a (much) lighter, stronger Shimano XT
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Similar Products Used: Truvativ, Race Face, Shiman cranks
Bike Setup: 07 Transition Vagrant - Domina 318, Thomson bits, SRAM X9, etc.
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Jason Lee
a Weekend Warrior
from jwillaford@hotmail.comDate Reviewed: November 30, 2008
Strengths: They work. Zero maintenance. Strong.Weaknesses: A little flex.Bottom Line: These came on my Iron Horse and I have had no problems at all. I backed all the bolts off when new. Greased the threads and re torqued everything to specs. I just check torque and ride. I've ridden everything at Colonnade and dropped them 8' to flat. No problems.
Favorite Trail: I-5 Colonnade
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Purchased At: Came on bike.
Similar Products Used: Truvativ Fire X. Shimano XT.
Bike Setup: 2 Wheels, bars and a seat.
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don dauphinee
a Downhiller
from jamestown, RIDate Reviewed: May 9, 2008
Strengths: comes in 165mm...good clearanceWeaknesses: Weak weak weak, one crash and i bent the drive side arm into itelf, my foot caught a root and set me over. rest of the bike was fine but the crank bent like plasticBottom Line: do not buy if you weight near 170lbs or planning to race or do runs at mountains, spend more time replacing crank than on the mountain
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Purchased At: Nashbar.com
Similar Products Used: raceface evolve dh xtype
Bike Setup: ironhorse yakuza type r, stock with avid juicy 7 and raceface crank
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army of the forest
a Downhiller
from bend oregonDate Reviewed: June 23, 2007
Strengths: Neat see-thru bash guardWeaknesses: non-drive side crank arm is a terrible designBottom Line: The Gaps came with my order from Transition on the 06 Preston. These have been used as new as the early 07 bottle rockets and coverts. The tightening nut on the non drive side arm is ridiculously terrible. It has stripped out on three of the T's in the shop in the last 8 months. My Race Face's are threaded into the chain rings / bash guard. The non drive side crank arm is one piece with the thru axle thru the bb, so much more trouble free so far. I rode Fall City, Blackrock, for the first ride and the crank arm literally fell off pedaling up for the first run, phew. My bosses later fell off the day before going to whistler on his Bottle rocket, damn......
Favorite Trail: The treasure trail
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid:
$150.00
Purchased At: Gear Peddler
Similar Products Used: Race Face Evolve DH Cranks
Bike Setup: 06 Transition Preston Fox Van 36, RF Evolve's, lowly Hayes 9's , Swinger 4-way, yada da yada dah
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hogan koesis
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from austin, tx, usaDate Reviewed: June 19, 2007
Strengths: none, flexy as hell.Weaknesses: Twisted cranks 3 days after purchase. Bent drive side down and actually twisted the non-drive side.Bottom Line: This particular product sucks. If you weigh anything over 140lb. do not buy these cranks. After I built up my brand new bike thinking that I had purchased a reasonably competitvely priced crank set, I was soon let down and shortly riding the trail of dissapointment after bending the cranks jumping down an all-mountain section of trail. Bottom line-stay away-
Favorite Trail: Angelfire DH
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$140.00
Purchased At: bike shop
Similar Products Used: Race Face Diabalous, Evolve, Atlas, Saint, Truvativ Husselfelt, LX, XT, XTR
Bike Setup: Santa Cruz Nomad
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Edgar
a Racer
from Portland, ORDate Reviewed: March 25, 2007
Strengths: Strong and Burly, looks uber nice, stronger than the XTRWeaknesses: bit heavier than the XTRBottom Line: Best crankset so far tested and used.
Favorite Trail: Whistler & Syncline
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid:
$150.00
Purchased At: Ride-This
Similar Products Used: Shimano XTR, Race Face Prodigy DH
Bike Setup: Gran Mal race and 4X setup
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