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Truvativ
Stylo 2.2 GPX Crankset
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Submitted by
glorfingal
a Weekend Warrior
from bristol, uk
Date Reviewed: February 10, 2009 | | Favorite Trail: | 50 acre | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$147.00 | | Purchased At: | crc | | Strengths: | Good looks, light weight, shifts clean and quick. Haven't had
any issues with BB wear/failure or non-drive side arm coming
loose (lots of grease and a torque wrench - follow the instructions). | | Weaknesses: | Chain ring wear is appalling, especially the 36T. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano LX (double and bash), SLX M665 | | Bike Setup: | Kinesis XC>120, fox f120, SLX, Hope Hoops. | | Bottom Line: | Looks good, quite light but wears too fast and there's the
nagging worry in the back of the mind ... is it going to come
loose. The bash ring fits very nicely on my M665 and looks the
dogs daggely bits :-] | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
mike beeler
a Weekend Warrior
from marysville wa
Date Reviewed: August 25, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | tigar mt | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$1750.00 | | Strengths: | light, looks good | | Weaknesses: | after 3mo the crank started making alot of racket. Took it apart and one side of the bottm brackit had stop rolling. Took it apart regeast it. 3mo later same problem. ( replaced it this time) new crank and bottem bracket. | | Bike Setup: | 07 stumpy fsr, fox float forks, fox tiad, sram x9 rear der.,xt front, sram 991 chain. | | Bottom Line: | It will make a good paper weight. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ocguy2004
a Weekend Warrior
from irvine
Date Reviewed: June 24, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | aliso woods canyon | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Weaknesses: | left crank stripped | | Bike Setup: | 2007 specialized enduro expert sx | | Bottom Line: | these cranks came stockon my bike. less than 5 months of riding the left crank came off. LBS put it back on, then fell off again within 2 rides. left rank was stripped and would never stay on again. found out his happens alot with these cranks...design flaw. supposedly fix in the 2008 version...but at $250 for the 2008's it's an expensive way to find out. the manufacturer replaced then free...but if they fall off again i'll change out the crank set. gave a 1 chili rating since they fell off and should NEVER do that. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sylvain Gravel
a Weekend Warrior
from Montreal
Date Reviewed: May 2, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Prevost | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | Came with '06 Six One | | Strengths: | - Rather light
- Strong enough but I'm light @ 150-160
- Bash guard is damn strong | | Weaknesses: | - Cranks came loose a couple of times
- Chainrings have really bad wear after 1 season (of hard riding that is) | | Bottom Line: | Since these cranks came stock on the bike so I'd say they were good enough as an OEM crank. They've lasted 1 whole season completely filled with riding and are still running pretty good apart from the chainrings. They shifted well but got worn so fast causing chainsuck. I replaced them with blackspires for this season.
I repacked the BB bearings after 1 season but I should have replaced them altogether. I consider this normal wear though having put probably 1000km on them.
The cranks coming loose is annoying so make sure you have your 8mm allen when going on a ride. I've been able to tighten the cranks enough for it to stop and I suppose some loctite would get rid of the problem as well.
I wouldn't buy these cranks aftermarket, I'd go for the Saint instead (or the new SLX???). But I suppose that if you're on a budget it's a pretty good compromise! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt
a Cross Country Rider
from Snellville, Ga, USA
Date Reviewed: December 14, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$130.00 | | Purchased At: | Lifetime Bicycles in Loganville | | Strengths: | Very Stiff, smooth, light, strong, and looks good. | | Weaknesses: | none so far but i will submit another review if anything goes wrong | | Similar Products Used: | Isoflow, OEM on bike | | Bike Setup: | Hard Rock Sport Disc, Stylo 2.2, RS Dart 3, SunRims with XT hubs | | Bottom Line: | I bought this crank set because I wanted something lighter and stronger because I'm a 215lb rider and the Isoflow was alittle flexy for me. Also, I really never use the small and large chainrings and I had already bent the large chainring on the Isoflow by going over logs and such. The 2.2 came with a alumimum bash gaurd and has alittle better ground clearance. I also like the fact it even looks more beefy but is lighter than the Isoflow. I rode really hard and even did some jumps the first couple of times after I had my bike shop install the 2.2 and i haven't had any problems with anything coming loose. So if u use only the middle or small chainring then i would recommend this crankset as a good choice for an upgrade over you OEM crankset. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
brandon
a Weekend Warrior
from jackson, wy
Date Reviewed: June 17, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$135.00 | | Strengths: | Stiff, light for the durability, looks | | Weaknesses: | Non found at this time | | Similar Products Used: | Truvativ Hussefelt (isis) | | Bike Setup: | Ventana X5, Vanilla 125 rlc, xt & lx stuff | | Bottom Line: | So far these cranks have been great. Super easy to install, the aluminum bash gaurd is holding up just fine and I haven't had any problems with them at all. The 26/36 rings have been a bit of an adjustment from the 22/32 but I'm just getting stronger. I would recommend these to anyone looking for an AM crank with 2 rings and a bash.
Get out and ride! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
tacorican
a Weekend Warrior
from San Jose, CA
Date Reviewed: March 2, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$125.00 | | Purchased At: | Red Barn | | Strengths: | None | | Weaknesses: | The Non-Drive Crank Bolt stripped after the 2nd ride. Replaced the bolt and now after one more ride it came loose again. Its also half way stripped. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano XT | | Bike Setup: | 06 Turner RFX coil with Van 36. SRAM components | | Bottom Line: | I had heard good things about Truvativ Cranks but after trying these cranks out, they are not as strong as I was told. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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