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Submitted by
Dave
a Weekend Warrior
from suffolk
Date Reviewed: February 17, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | merlin | | Strengths: | these are bad boy cranks so fat so hardcore its amazing. | | Weaknesses: | i snapped them riding off a kerb... | | Similar Products Used: | rs7's | | Bike Setup: | merlin rock bike | | Bottom Line: | hardcore you know the score | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Daniel Frost
a Weekend Warrior
from Middlesex, UK
Date Reviewed: February 20, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Any | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$70.00 | | Purchased At: | Merlin Cycles, Preston, UK | | Strengths: | Clearance Price, only £50!! (US$70) Pisses over XT! 17 stones (260lb) Freerider and i cant brea kthem!!!! | | Weaknesses: | Nowt! | | Similar Products Used: | XT, FSA V-Drive | | Bike Setup: | GT I-Drive 3 | | Bottom Line: | Oh my, the promised land of cranks! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris Carey
a Downhiller
from Suffolk
Date Reviewed: January 2, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Ufford | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$195.00 | | Purchased At: | Framework | | Strengths: | Seriously thick pieces of metal, the cranks will never bend | | Weaknesses: | The L & M chainring isn't as good as the crank. | | Similar Products Used: | XT, Race face, Ac | | Bike Setup: | Zaskar, XTR, Z1's, jump/ dual bike | | Bottom Line: | The cranks work well but will take a little fiddling, the chainring however is a bit of a dissapointment, it bent about 3mm out of place, this may not sound like much but it was enough to give me major problems in setting up my chain guide, also for forty quid its a bit pricy. The problem is, is there is too much chainring, it looks like a bmx one, solid, this means that there is a lot of leverage so the chain ring bends easily, however once it bent it hasn't bent any further so I think that it has reached it's limit. All in all go for the cranks, but try a Raceface chainring or tribal (7mm) | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ELVIS COSTELLO
a Weekend Warrior
from WIGAN, ENGLAND
Date Reviewed: September 7, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | DONT REALLY HAVE ONE | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$180.00 | | Purchased At: | RACE DOCTOR CYCLES | | Strengths: | looks strong, british, it was available in gold. | | Weaknesses: | to soft, poor spider attatchment design. | | Similar Products Used: | shimano lx, fsa. | | Bike Setup: | muddy fox duel frame,'98 z1 bam (limited edition yellow), xt 9spd, magura tomac hs33, everything x-lite (ti/ kev seat, camlock qr's, stem plug, disco b.b's, crank bolts, crank caps, stem stakkers) all blue, planet-x bmf rims, hope fatso front hub, xt rear hub, planet-x cnc stem (gold), azonic bars (gold), dmr speed guide, dmr v12's, middleburn solid ring, hutchinson jumbo 2.45 tyres,irc 3" tubes, yeti hardcore grips. | | Bottom Line: | i like the cranks and don't want to change them, but the three bolts that hold the spider on keep coming loose, even when i aplied loctite. three of my freinds have had bad experiences with thease cranks, two of them have rounded the taper and one had even cracked them! (although he is a fat ba$tard!) i dont think i ride hard enough to damage the cranks in this way as i only tend to use my bike once or twice per week to 'mess about on' and i dont race. in conclusion i dont think serious dh racers should buy this product. but if it was half the price then it would be very good value | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John Bissell
a Weekend Warrior
from Suffolk, England
Date Reviewed: March 21, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Good looks, Stiff arms | | Weaknesses: | Very Poor taper, bad design! | | Similar Products Used: | most other cranks. I get through a lot..! | | Bike Setup: | Azonic DS-1, Hope Discs, Z1 CR's, XT etc | | Bottom Line: | I had high hopes for these cranks, but unfortunately they have been very disappointing. After about three months use, both tapers had been warped severely and about a week ago I managed to completely shear off the driveside taper. I only weigh about 12 1/2 stone, and I'm not a very hard rider. Whats going on!
Sorry L&M! Must try harder!
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Submitted by
Tone
a Downhiller
from The North
Date Reviewed: March 17, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Looks, cheap, British | | Weaknesses: | None so far | | Similar Products Used: | LX XT FSA | | Bike Setup: | Rotwild RDH 03, Boxxers, Hope Hubs & Disks, Mavic 321, Azonic bits | | Bottom Line: | Havent had any problems with these cranks apart from the crappy and far too short 4mm allen bolts supplied that hold the spider on.
After i fitted the cranks, to try them out before offroading, i rode the bike to work. On the way back a horrendous grinding noise and bike came to a halt. One of the bolts had fallen out and jammed between the crank and the chain device (MRP style). I had to sort this out and take it easy to get home. On inspection, 2 of the 3 bolts had fallen out. The problem is that the drillings are nice and deep but the bolts were so short that only a couple of threads were holding the spider on. AFter fitting bolts that screwed right into the holes and Loctite-ing them in they have been fine in the roughest stuff (Les Gets World Cup course, Morzine etc). Nice and stiff.
If its for DH make sure the ones you get are not machined out at the back of the cranks. Those are the XC/freeride ones and i know of one snapping clean off half way down the arm. The solid ones are fine though. 4 chillies after the remedial job on the bolts. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris
a Downhiller
from England
Date Reviewed: October 20, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
that quarry in wales | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
qualit, price and british | | Weaknesses: |
none i have found yet but reading the other review worries me a bit | | Similar Products Used: |
xt, race face , ac | | Bike Setup: |
Marin DH-frs Super Star Forks , Hope 4 pots etc | | Bottom Line: | look great, cheap and well made. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Alex
a Downhiller
from Gloucester
Date Reviewed: April 4, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
berm heaven | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
good looks
excellent finish
replaceable spider | | Weaknesses: |
made of aluminium
weak DH chain ring
weak taper in the crank | | Similar Products Used: |
stx rc carnks
FSA alloy cranks
AC cranks
Caramba cranks | | Bike Setup: |
hardtail | | Bottom Line: | this crank is not up to the kind of use that it is designed for i am not a heavy rider but i do ride hard.
Even so i expect a solid DH ring to last longer than 6 rides after which it warped.
the coating on the crank started to wear off after the first ride.
The drive side crank arm has also warped and will be sent back to the factory as has the ring.
the spider cannot be removed as the taper on the crank has warped so i am very annoyed as they do cost between £170-£180 complete with ring!!!!!
i have gone back to using my £25 FSA crank in desperation!!!!!!! | | Overall Rating: |
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