Excellent, strong, and stiff crank for the money, but the best thing to do is spring for the saint cranks.
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Chris
a Weekend Warrior
from Burlignton, Ontario, Canada Date Reviewed: February 2, 2005
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Price Paid:
$250.00
Purchased At:
Brant Cycle
Strengths:
amazingly stiff, great spline interface, easy to maintenance, guard is super tough, just plow over stuff, has a sleek look, and as said earlier, throw anythign at it
Weaknesses:
none so far, takes 10ft drops on hardtail
Bottom Line:
Amazing crank, especially for price when compared to other high end components, eg raceface, saint...
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Submitted by
beasly
a Weekend Warrior
from Rotterdam, netherlands Date Reviewed: June 22, 2004
Favorite Trail:
Houffalize
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$259.00
Purchased At:
local bike store
Strengths:
You can climb or decent anything It won't brake nomather what you trow at it.I even kiked a marathon in belgium with this crankset and had no problemes. The chain rings 28-38 are a super combo
Weaknesses:
none so far
Similar Products Used:
FSA afterburner, race fase prodigy, Shimano crap
Bike Setup:
Surly instigator, Sram X7, MX comp fork, magura HS 33, I don't care about weight strengt is what counts in jumping and free riding
Bottom Line:
This product rocks and if you value strengt, but you also like to climb a hill or two this is the crankset you need.
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