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FSA X-Drive Bash Crankset
Product Description
User Reviews 
Submitted by
Sashbike
a Downhiller
from London=UK Date Reviewed: December 24, 2011 Strengths: Strong and solid. Weaknesses: Not chrome plated. Difficult to set your chain devices depending what you run but it is all possible.. The bottom looks or sounds crap although i don't know cos use a different one. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Everywere Duration Product Used: 3 months Purchased At: of a friend Similar Products Used: Original Profile bmx cranks etc.. Bike Setup: Custom personal design Burls Titanium bmx 24" cruiser with dishless 6speed on the back.. 
Submitted by
Ripper
a Downhiller
from Western MA Date Reviewed: August 7, 2010 Strengths: Durability, cost, looks. Weaknesses: Intructions (or lack there of), loose ball bottom bracket, set up, finish, cheap chainrings Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Upper/Lower Yeti Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Purchased At: LBS Similar Products Used: Shimano Bike Setup: Marin Quake (hardtail) Nothing stock except the seat collar.
Submitted by
jump mi'bike
a Weekend Warrior
from bc, canada Date Reviewed: December 16, 2006 Strengths: f-in strong crank arms! Weaknesses: cartridge bb. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $150.00 Purchased At: l.b.s. Bike Setup: a/m rm piplone
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Matthew Altamura
a Downhiller
from Phoenix, AZ USA Date Reviewed: January 26, 2006 Strengths: COol Weaknesses: bad Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: yours Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $1000.00 Purchased At: my friends house Similar Products Used: indeed Bike Setup: love
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Travis
a Weekend Warrior
from Brantford, Ont., Canada Date Reviewed: August 1, 2005 Strengths: these cranks are strong as you can getz. comes with bashguard, 2 chainrings bottom bracket and all the spacers you need. it even comes with the crank puller. Weaknesses: the only couple of issues i have with this crank is the locking ring keeps coming loose from time to time and there was no instructions, luckily one of my buddies and i put the thing together in a couple hours. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $200.00 Purchased At: bikeroom.com Similar Products Used: truvativ hussefelt. Bike Setup: 04 kona stuff - 05 Z1 bomber w/OR20, singletrack wheels, fsa xdrive crank, hayes hydros, fsa pig pro hsd. 
Submitted by
Asa Robbins
from Prescott, AZ, USA Date Reviewed: May 22, 2005 Strengths: Steel is real! Nothing better than having pure strength and absolutely no give in the lower regions of the bike. I love not worrying about what might happen if I hit them on a rock, theres no way the crank will bend, and if you bend one they your a beast. Weaknesses: The bearing crater really easily. There are a couple of sealed bearing that work as the bottom bracket for the crank set. If they get any water on them at all then they will seez up and eventually break apart. Also the solid cro-mo axle bends and is really really hard to remove after it bends. One more thing, if you get this set of cranks make sure you set aside a couple of hours for set-up because even the most skilled bike mechanic will spend tons of time trying to space the cranks correctly. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 1 Year Similar Products Used: Various Isis crank sets, FSA and Truvativ. I had the FSA V-Drives and traded a friend those for the X-Drives. Bike Setup: Steelhead, Trail Pimps, Marazocchi '04 z-1
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bil fil
a Downhiller
from calgary Date Reviewed: April 1, 2005 Strengths: simple to work with, descent Weaknesses: Warping at splines Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: milenium Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $100.00 Purchased At: pinkbike Similar Products Used: block 8, hussefelts, wide variety, buy i guess hussefelts are the most similar Bike Setup: jackflash harcore trials
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Lucas
a Weekend Warrior
from CT Date Reviewed: November 29, 2004 Strengths: Good cranks, strong, better than FiveDs and affordable. Weaknesses: Being underrated, most negative reviews have been posted two years ago, or the reviewers had had the product for at least 2 years and I currently own an 05 crankset. I thought it was squeaking but i put lube on my chain and it went away! Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: local dirt jump and assorted urban drops. Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $200.00 Purchased At: outdoor sports center Similar Products Used: truvative fiveD {sucks ass} Bike Setup: 04 specialized Hardrock, FSA cranks, Marzocchi DJ3, stock otherwise
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Dave
a Weekend Warrior
from British Columbia Date Reviewed: November 4, 2004 Strengths: Beefy and stiffer than Ron Jeremy when running properly Weaknesses: Instructions are weak I have had to replace every piece of these cranks Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $300.00 Similar Products Used: Race Face Bike Setup: Norco Launch
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JJ Wright
a Downhiller
from Reno, Nevada Date Reviewed: August 11, 2004 Strengths: Once and again - Strength, burly, reasonably priced near the end of summer(finally), so forth and so on... I haven't owned them long enough or beat them up enough to vouch for their durability. Weaknesses: Instructions were weak, no illustrations and a little difficult to follow. BB setup is definitely awkard with all these dang spacers. Took it apart a few times before I could figure out the best way for a fit. The guy below says you should have a tech install these things, he's right. But if you're no where near a shop (I'm in Iraq) and you're putting your own bike together for the first time, good instructions and simplicity help. As far as I can see the other guy below was correct in regards to the bearings being exposed. Unless there was a part missing in the box or the people at FSA want my bearings to freeze, I don't see anything that came with the cranks that will keep the bearings protected. I don't expect them to last long. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Steep, fast, no other riders Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $199.00 Purchased At: Cambria Bike Outfitters Similar Products Used: The whole shimano line of cranks at one point or another. Bike Setup: SC Chameleon, Manitou Firefly forks, SRAM X.O Gears/shifters with Front and rear der., Atomic wheels/hubs, Avid BBD brakes, Azonic shorty stem, Chris King Head, Azonic Chubby handlebars, Azonic Love Seat (Ahhh Plush), ACME screws and bolts... 
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david molony
a Downhiller
from Kent, UK Date Reviewed: January 20, 2004 Strengths: they are black at the start, and the arms wont bend. Weaknesses: the brearings BL0ody hell. i went thorough 4 sets in a year and a half, i had them set up by two bike shops, on by me (actuallylasted longest) and one by a mate accross the road: they incessantly broke!!!! Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: rough common jumps Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $150.00 Purchased At: mail order Similar Products Used: Vdrives, darkangels, Deore, Suntour (longest lasting yet) power pro, stylo team (they r crp 2) Bike Setup: Identiti slalom with DMR chain cage
Submitted by
jon
a Cross Country Rider
from il Date Reviewed: January 5, 2004 Strengths: Scarry,Strong,Stiff and Smooth!! Bearings are extremly smooth in the bottom bracket, even after about 10 months of riding Weaknesses: This was a Rubic's cube of a mother to put together. Man! whats up with all them spacers? Paint wears easy but to be expected. .WIEGHT INCREASE = slower bike oh well put a 46t ring on the spider. .I did. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $150.00 Purchased At: Unreal Cycles Similar Products Used: HMMM. None. . These replaced my Deore LX's. Bye Bye flex Bike Setup: 02 TREK 4300,Deore LX VBrakes,derailure's,Shifter's,Hubs and Azonic Stem and Bar's, with XDrive's with a 46 32 24 chain ring setup. On back is a 11-28 XT casset
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Charlie Sponsel
a Downhiller
from Portland Oregon Date Reviewed: November 3, 2003 Strengths: Strong spindle, arms Great warranty and service Good at first Weaknesses: Super press fit Bottom Bracket sans spindle paint job wears off, it you care (flat black looks way cooler anyway) heavy I suppose Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Anything X_TReMe Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $150.00 Purchased At: kinda from Unreal Cycles Similar Products Used: V-drives, ridden profiles and hussefelts Bike Setup: Planet X Bommer, Trailpimps, Aircorp stem and pedals, Marzocchi MXR, obviously X-Drives, MRP, planet x bars
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Rodney Mickey
a Downhiller
from Coquitlam, BC, Canada Date Reviewed: October 5, 2003 Strengths: Cheaper then most other cranks, bottom brakets stronger then any traditional mountain bike bottom bracket. Weaknesses: bearings blow, bottom bracket bends, crank arms have a tendancy to snap off on the welds. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: air supply Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $300.00 Purchased At: AKA the bike shop Similar Products Used: nothing Bike Setup: 04 ORYX desert dueller, 04 super-t, custom setup.
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Taylor
a Downhiller
from Placerville,CA Date Reviewed: June 25, 2003 Strengths: burly,stiff,indestructable Weaknesses: BB's are expensive and blow up,first week went through BB,does not like to be wet or dirty Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 3 months Purchased At: came on bike Similar Products Used: Giant stock cranks
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