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TTTURNER
a Cross Country Rider
from La Quinta, CADate Reviewed: November 9, 2010
Strengths: Lightweight (809 grams on my scale), good looking, inexpensive. The bottom bracket bearings look like they can be serviced. I'm only giving up 12 grams to the XTR.Weaknesses: None so far.Bottom Line: I got tired of shelling out huge bucks for XTR 960 chainrings. I like to replace my chainrings, cassette, chain, and pulleys every year. I can replace this entire Stylo OCT crankset, with bottom bracket, for less than a set of XTR chainrings. The grey anodized finish on my XTR 960 looked terrible and couldn't be touched-up. They made my $5500 bike look beat. The Stylo OCT cranks perform just as well and the black finish is easy to keep looking new. Everybody knows XTR cranks perform flawlessly, but these do just as well at a third of the price. And I don't have to worry about a carbon crank in the huge rock gardens I ride.
Favorite Trail: Hurkey Creek
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$200.00
Purchased At: LBS
Similar Products Used: XTR, AC, White, Race Face
Bike Setup: Turner Flux, Fox (Pushed front and rear), Mavic SL Disc, Sram XO/Shimano XTR Mix
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XLNC
a Weekend Warrior
from Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaDate Reviewed: June 25, 2010
Strengths: Lightweight - cheap - also IMHO they look cool.Weaknesses: Forced to hide in the shadows of the Noir and the XX.Bottom Line: I feel this crank is underrated. It's a decent "hollow" crank that I think looks cool, and it's rock hard - I can crank as hard as I can and it's almost like it takes it and says "is that ALL you got??? Pfft. Wake me up when you actually want to start riding..." .... AND it goes for a good price (mid $200s (cdn) at a LBS - cheaper online) and as I stated I think it gets a raw deal because people want the carbon bling of the Noir or the XX cranks. I was offered a set of XTs prior to buying these, and so far I have to say I have NO regrets.
Favorite Trail: All of them
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Purchased At: Central Cycle
Similar Products Used: C'dale EX3.
Bike Setup: 2002 C'Dale Jekyll, Lefty DLR fr, Fox Float RC rr, SRAM X0 trigger shifters and RD, X9 FD, Truvativ Stylo OCT crank (obviously), SRAM PC 990 cassette and PC991 chain, Avid Juicy Ultimate brakes - carbon levers, Syntace Force 1.5 stem, FSA K-Force Handlebar, Cane Creek Ergo 2 bar ends, Thomson Masterpiece Seatpost, WTB Rocket Race Ti rails, DT Swiss XCR 1.5 rims, Kenda Nevegal 2.1 tires
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fitter
a Cross Country Rider
from atascadero caDate Reviewed: February 5, 2010
Strengths: light stiff shifts before your done shifting ease of instalationWeaknesses: none found yetBottom Line: well worth pissing the wife off for buying another toy. puts all your power to the rubber. knocked three minutes off my climb the first day.
Favorite Trail: altopeak
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$199.00
Purchased At: arts
Similar Products Used: xt lx stx-rc truv fived
Bike Setup: marin ht
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