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Submitted by
Ecogeek
a Cross Country Rider
from Calgary
Date Reviewed: October 13, 2009 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$47.00 | | Purchased At: | Outside Outfitters, | | Strengths: | Cheap. Strong. ISIS is a solid BB system. Look good in either colour. | | Weaknesses: | ISIS is a heavy system. | | Similar Products Used: | Stylo, Isoflow. | | Bike Setup: | Various. Use these on a Kona AM Hardtail and a beater. | | Bottom Line: | I've got two sets of the Blaze. One silver, one black. Looks are irrelevant to me, only price/performance, but if you care, the blaze looks good. I like the silver better - despite almost always preferring black in everything else - inc my frames/forks/grips/helmet/levers/DLs/gloves/shorts/shades etc etc. So the silver must be nice. Doesn't show up scratches like the black either. Anyway, vanity aside, let's get to the meat and potatos.
I weigh 180lbs. I live in the Rockies and ride AM with fast rough rocky downhills. These cranks have had no problems at all in 3 seasons. Make sure you tighten them fully and there is no lateral movement of your chainrings if you use a decent BB for your application. I put my 3yo set of Blazes from the hardtail onto a project beater using the Giga Pipe SL BB. I liked them enough for the time I've had them, that at sub $50, I got a new set for the hardtail. I run that on a Giga Pipe DH BB and the combo is v solid for AM riding even with my 180lbs on rocky trails - on a hardtail.
No problems. Trushift works well. Teeth are a decent finish. 7075 T6 ring is reasonably durable. If you shift under heavy load (you shouldn't) you may want to file the odd tooth/pin burr each season to keep things perfect.
I can't give these 5* overall as systems like the Stylo are much lighter for not that much more total system price. Stylos w GXP BB can be had for $140 delivered versus $100 delivered for Blaze + BB. However, these are great, smooth shifting, solid cranks for those on a budget. Def 5* value. If you see any flex, it's not the crankset's fault. It's just not tightened properly. You need to pull your cranks, grease the interface and your bolts and tighten properly. Don't strip the bolts, but don't be shy either. USe a long wrench. You'll feel it when the cranks are seated as there will suddenly be a big change in the force required to turn the bolt. It'll suddenly stop turning, but you must grease the treads and faces of the bolts. I've not had any issue w Truvativ products so far. I have four sets of cranks, five BBs (2 Powerspline, 2 ISIS and 1 GXP), a seatpost, a stem. Like this brand (owned by SRAM) and the Blaze is one of the reasons why. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
norcorider95
a Downhiller
from Middlesex, London, England
Date Reviewed: August 25, 2009 | | Favorite Trail: | Any in swinley forest , bracknell forest or Esher shore | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$1000000.00 | | Purchased At: | Came on bike, so don | | Strengths: | seems to be decently strong, look good, nice and smooth. | | Weaknesses: | COME LOOSE SO OFTEN! and paint has already started to wear off and its only been 2 months | | Similar Products Used: | urm, hussefelts, a race face crank. | | Bike Setup: | Norco wolverine, 07 (bought new in 09), blaze crank arms, hussefelt, chainrings/bash guard, sun ringle x25 rims, kenda kinetic tyres, marzocchi forks. quando hubs. | | Bottom Line: | good for beginners, but i already want to uprgrade to some race face atlas, i say if your buying them new then get hussefelts. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
robeygar
a Cross Country Rider
from Springfield, Canada
Date Reviewed: April 12, 2009 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Strengths: | Solid crank,no bent rings so far, light. | | Weaknesses: | none. | | Similar Products Used: | truvativ flow | | Bike Setup: | 05 Ironhorse Warrior Comp, XT Drivetrain, Single track rims, Avid BB7 mechanical | | Bottom Line: | The Crank itself is flawless. I used to have the flow but it wasnt compatible with a sealed BB so I bought this one. The only downfall is the stupid BB that truvativ supplied is rubbing against the crank arm causing resistance and a bad squeak. Ill have to take it in soon. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
pedrotyler
a Weekend Warrior
from wilson
Date Reviewed: March 30, 2009 | | Favorite Trail: | tsali | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Strengths: | strong for jumping and the chain rings are also strong for pumping up hills | | Weaknesses: | the petal threads on the left crank striped out in just a couple of rides | | Similar Products Used: | avid, spram, titech, sette, rockshox, | | Bike Setup: | leader frame | | Bottom Line: | strong if put on right | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
dmarshall05
a Cross Country Rider
from Sellersville, PA - US
Date Reviewed: September 4, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Wisahickon | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance Bike | | Strengths: | Got two good years out of middle ring before bending | | Weaknesses: | Bent middle ring, but I've bent Shimano LX also (multiple times). Bent big ring and I use a rock ring too. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano LX | | Bike Setup: | '05 Iron Horse MKIII - Comp. (drivetrain: x.7 & x.9, crank bros. candy pedals. | | Bottom Line: | Decent cranks that came with the bike. More durable than the multiple bending LX's. Don't creak (LX's always did on C'dale Superv1000) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
lowflier03
a Cross Country Rider
from Yokohama, Japan
Date Reviewed: September 2, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Fujimi | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Exchange | | Strengths: | Cheap, came with bike. | | Weaknesses: | Very weak, not durable. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano XT. | | Bike Setup: | Mission 1 with a mix of XT and XTR Components. | | Bottom Line: | These cranks came on my bike and within the first month of use had already bent. I weigh about 160lbs and do a mix of decent climbing and light freeriding. In the first 2 weeks the middle chainring had already bent and I could see the cranks flex on climbs. Now the cranks themselves are bent. Only use these if they come on your bike and you dont plan on doing any real climbing. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
James Humphrey
a Weekend Warrior
from Kent
Date Reviewed: May 29, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Dartford Heath | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Ebay | | Strengths: | Good strong cranks | | Weaknesses: | paint wear but other then that none | | Similar Products Used: | hussefelt, profile | | Bike Setup: | Specialized P All mountain stock | | Bottom Line: | Good solid crank, not bad overall, paint wear is a bit annoying | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
DJ
a Cross Country Rider
from Queen Creek, AZ
Date Reviewed: May 11, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | National | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | cheap
looks OK
crank arms are pretty strong | | Weaknesses: | anodizing rubs off
bent my middle ring badly and the outside ring became a rock ring | | Similar Products Used: | other truvativ | | Bike Setup: | Fetish Cycles Addiction | | Bottom Line: | used these cranks for a year and a half now, ive had to replace my rings with FSA's because of what i mentioned above. these cranks are being moved to my singlespeed as i am now getting XTR's and they will continue to be thrashed even more dirtjumping. a great crankset for starting out | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
joe p
a Downhiller
from earth
Date Reviewed: April 3, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | rockland cycle | | Strengths: | the cranks are bomb proof | | Weaknesses: | a little heavy and the paint wears off from rubbing after a season | | Bike Setup: | norco vps drop | | Bottom Line: | the bottom line is these crank arms and the chainrings it comes with are bye far the toughest components on my bike, i say that because i'm not bye the longest stretch of the imagination nice to my bike, i've bent my 30.0mm thompson seat post, i'm on my second pair of axiom handlebars, original ones snapped, broke a shimmano xt rear dérailleur in half, lost my 9th gear 12 tooth sram out in ames nowell state park, dont ask me how but it just snapped and fell off, and i have gone through 3 sets of pedals due to braking (not bending) them on rocks, all that was the summer of 2007 , and through it all my
Truvativ Blaze crank arms and cainrings are still holding strong, and to all the people giving them a negative review read the owners manual before installing them, and make sure your BB isn't thrashed, give me a pm in the forum and i'll show you some pics and a video that will change your mind my s/n is splattered, and as far as bending NO F#%$&^% WAY | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ProteIne
a Weekend Warrior
from Ukraine, Kiev
Date Reviewed: March 31, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Kiev city | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Strengths: | only about its lightness. | | Weaknesses: | Using them for 4-5 month caused their bending. my weight is about 156 pounds and I install them propertly, tight it well. But acurate street riding without any drops at all causes it bend. Note that Truvativ positioning them as AM crankset | | Similar Products Used: | none, cheap shimano sets | | Bottom Line: | cheap but not strong system. If you by it tighten it as hard as you can. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dylan
a Weekend Warrior
from Canada
Date Reviewed: August 27, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | it hasn't broken yet, which is good. that's about it | | Weaknesses: | -really noisy, don't know what it is and it can never seem to be fixed( i don't know if it's the BB or what, which is a truvativ powerspline)
-not really smooth feeling | | Similar Products Used: | truvativ hussefelt | | Bike Setup: | '05 hardrock pro, truvativ blaze, '06 fox vanilla RLC | | Bottom Line: | It isn't a particularily good crankset, but i guess it's pretty good for being fairly cheap. I haven't broken mine yet (got it in '05), even though i've used it for everything from crosscountry to some light downhill stuff.
It's been pretty good though considering that on the 2005 truvativ website, it was under the "comfort" section...
If you don't ride to hard i would reccoment it, but if you ride more than light trails save up for something better, because it will start to get very annoying. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jeff dakins
a
from pembroke ontario canada
Date Reviewed: April 25, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | havent had any problems yet i ride alot of drops and jumps and it came on my bike with a bashguard instead of the horrible 3rd chainring | | Weaknesses: | the only one problem i have is the crank is jamed on so tight i cant get it off | | Similar Products Used: | truvative howitzer | | Bike Setup: | 2006 15" norco wolverine,drop off 4s,single tracks,hayes nine brakes,shimano deore derailers and shifters | | Bottom Line: | i wouldnt buy this crank, id go with a hozfeller, the only reason is i havnt changed it because i have a raceface ride xc sittin around n im waitin 4 the blaze to brake, just what kind of freerider wants anything that says xc on it | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt
a Cross Country Rider
from Ballarat
Date Reviewed: April 12, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | It has kept on working. Very reliable. | | Weaknesses: | When you put the power down up hills it flexes so much my chain rubs on the derailleur | | Similar Products Used: | To many to mention | | Bike Setup: | Hard tail xc | | Bottom Line: | Good entry level crank but you will probably want something a bit stiffer if you are out for more than a weekend cruise | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt
a Weekend Warrior
from Camlachie, Ontario Canada
Date Reviewed: March 17, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Murphys | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | Revolution bike shop | | Strengths: | strong crank
seeled good
smooth
I had a rock ring on mine
nice stance | | Weaknesses: | the crank arm would fall off every ride and the in side of the crank arm strips easy and will not stay tight | | Similar Products Used: | truvative husselfelt howitser combo this crank is almost the same except it has external berrings | | Bike Setup: | 05 Norco bigfoot with all stock exept for sun s type rims, race face diablous crank and lizard skin lock on grips | | Bottom Line: | this is a good all aroung crank with very strong rims and a great stance. I had problems with the crank arm on the non-drive side falling off
great all around crank for price | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jason
a Downhiller
from San Luis Obispo
Date Reviewed: February 22, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Poly ridge | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Weaknesses: | i have this crank for a week and already don't like it. aside from the fact that I think I have now broken it, when I first started using is, it wasn't stiff emough for me to pedal hard up hills. It bends so much that my chain rups on my deraileur. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano LX | | Bike Setup: | Haro X2 with manitou metel and manitou nixon | | Bottom Line: | Choose something stiffer and lighter.Its worth the money for someone starting out | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Josh
a Cross Country Rider
from Roseville, CA
Date Reviewed: January 24, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$1.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance Bike | | Strengths: | Solid, reliable | | Weaknesses: | None found yet | | Similar Products Used: | NA | | Bike Setup: | IH Warrior Elite, Eggbeaters, Shimano LX/XT
| | Bottom Line: | This crank was included on my IronHorse Warrior Elite. Since this is my first "real" bike in many years I cannot compare this crank in detail to many others, but since it had zero reviews I thought I'd throw my 2 cents in there. This crankset has thus far worked flawlessly. It has taken a beating over rocks and all-mountain terrain for over a year now and hasn't even needed adjustment. What I lack in endurance I make up in power, and this crank handles it without noticeable flex or problems of any sort. Shifting is good (not great), pedals smooth, reliable. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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