Race Face Next R Cinch Crank Arms
Race Face Next R Cinch Crank Arms :: Available in Colors :: From $199.99 :: Race Face Crank Arms Only
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Next R cranks for $230 @ Universal (170mm & 175mm with black logo)
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Race Face Next R Cinch Crank Arms
Race Face Next R Cinch Crank Arms :: Available in Colors :: From $199.99 :: Race Face Crank Arms Only
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great price and selection. My own personal cons for Next R - I found the singlewide chainrings among the noisiest I've ever pedaled. You need to pay more for the chainring at this price. Not a fan of the 30mm BB format any more. Not a fan of Raceface install documentation. SRAM X01 and XX1 lighter, with 32T chainring.
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Run away from Next R cranks, unless you like to warranty the warranty parts...over and over.
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Chain Reaction is blowing out Race Face cinch chainrings. Grabbed a few at $19 each:
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Chain Reaction is blowing out Race Face cinch chainrings. Grabbed a few at $19 each:
International update | Chain Reaction
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RF had the steel 28T rings that came on the 2018 Fatboy Carbons with Next R cranks for $10. I grabbed one after grabbing some Turbines...the Next R warranty replacement replacements are collecting dust.
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Yeah these cranks are pretty notorious for breaking. I wonder if this pricing is because demand fell off a cliff as their reputation for falling apart spread.
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Think it has more to do with the fact that they released their new Era Carbon cranks, that and demand for new bike parts seems to have fallen off of a cliff…
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For future readers; I'm not trying to belittle the comments out there that are trashing RF Next R cranks as I am sure that users have different experiences, as they do with any product. But I just thought I would share my comments/thoughts about them and leave it up to you to decide and not try to tell you what to do.
I've ran Next Rs for several years on multiple bikes and have never had an issue, but I'm only a 180lb rider with a 250 ftp. From a social standpoint, I run about a dozen races a year and join/lead at least 4-5 group rides per month and through that I have gotten to know numerous other riders/racers that run them as well. I personally don't know anyone that has had issues with Next R cranks, so I guess we have all just been lucky. I have however seen pictures that people have posted and stated that they broke these cranks. In looking at those pictures, it just appears to me that the crank took a rock strike and in one case the finish on the crank made it look like a knock off as you can easily purchase Next R stickers of any color and put them on whatever you want. IMHO, I would not put these cranks into the heavy enduro category, despite their marketing, and recommend that if you take heavy rock strikes to your crank arms or pedals that sticking with alloy cranks may likely provide you with better reliability. Also, if you put your pedals on/off with a breaker bar or long wrench, I could also see how that might break the pedal inserts loose.
Now this is just an opinion from one user and I'm sure there are plenty of the usual mtbr posters that will be happy to tell me how wrong I am.
I've ran Next Rs for several years on multiple bikes and have never had an issue, but I'm only a 180lb rider with a 250 ftp. From a social standpoint, I run about a dozen races a year and join/lead at least 4-5 group rides per month and through that I have gotten to know numerous other riders/racers that run them as well. I personally don't know anyone that has had issues with Next R cranks, so I guess we have all just been lucky. I have however seen pictures that people have posted and stated that they broke these cranks. In looking at those pictures, it just appears to me that the crank took a rock strike and in one case the finish on the crank made it look like a knock off as you can easily purchase Next R stickers of any color and put them on whatever you want. IMHO, I would not put these cranks into the heavy enduro category, despite their marketing, and recommend that if you take heavy rock strikes to your crank arms or pedals that sticking with alloy cranks may likely provide you with better reliability. Also, if you put your pedals on/off with a breaker bar or long wrench, I could also see how that might break the pedal inserts loose.
Now this is just an opinion from one user and I'm sure there are plenty of the usual mtbr posters that will be happy to tell me how wrong I am.
They are just blowing out stock now that Era is on the market. I"m sure the bad rep isn't helping with closeout pricing but it's all about the new model with lifetime warranty.
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I wonder, if you buy the Next R’s at these prices and next year they break, will RF replace them with the new Era crankset?
My guess would be a crash replacement price on era even if it ends up being a pedal insert manufacturing issues. Maybe a full warranty with era to help change their bad rep? Either way they won't be able to warranty next once inventory runs out which probably won't take very long. I have two pairs of sixc in the old 24mm and newer design. Both are many years old and heavily used. No problems with either though there are reports of the same insert issues as next.
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Where’s the design failure exactly? I would’ve though all CF cranks basically had the same „way“ they were done.
I’m still running an older pair of THM cranks, which also use aluminum inserts for the pedals and an axle insert on the nds crank. Never had an issue with it.
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I’m still running an older pair of THM cranks, which also use aluminum inserts for the pedals and an axle insert on the nds crank. Never had an issue with it.
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Fanatik did a pretty good job in this video.
Basically, the previous inserts had too little material interaction with the carbon, leading to many working themselves loose.
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Quite impressive video! I'm really happy I saw this, thanks to you 
Actually this made me trust these cranks more and give me a better feeling about them.
Actually this made me trust these cranks more and give me a better feeling about them.
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It only took them 11 years to figure this out.
SRAM on the other hand was using a much bigger insert with a foam core and so on, which they didn't test. The problem with CF cranks has mainly been RF.
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I felt the same way after seeing that video. However, there are a couple posters that just seem to have bad luck with these cranks as you tend to see the same posters trash these cranks on any post that starts up with Race Face in the title...regardless of what the purpose of the post is.Quite impressive video! I'm really happy I saw this, thanks to you
Actually this made me trust these cranks more and give me a better feeling about them.
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