crankset

nickbrown_500

Well its time for me to look at upgrading my crankset on my mountain bike ive got a iron horse MKIII, it came with a truvativ Fire X, but im wanting something a bit better now as this crank is totally mashed, im looking to spend upto 100.00 on one,
i use the bike for trail, xc, all mountain riding,

what do people recommend

canada16

I have a hollotech LX crank and I love it, but also for a hun you can get XT.

Cant go wrong with shimano.

The Spiderman

New Shimano SLX looks very good,and is only 50g or so heavier than XT.
For £70 its a bargain.

zero303

Chain Reaction have got 2007 Raceface Evolve XC chainsets going cheap, should have enough change to buy a superstar BB for when the RF one quickly dies too... If you're lucky enough to require 170mm cranks like me you're in for an even better bargain...

I've just bought one and they're gorgeous as well!

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... delID=6030

hucking_fell

Silver cranks will match your 5 nicely and will stay looking newer for longer than the black ones too.

And only £55 !

Result

nickbrown_500

whats the difference between a 170 and 175mm crank is there much difference in the end

cheers

Spider987

nickbrown_500 wrote:

whats the difference between a 170 and 175mm crank is there much difference in the end

cheers

5mm

canada16

People have said though that you need to keep changing the BB all the time.

Could become very expensive if they are not that great.

BlackSpur

nickbrown_500 wrote:

whats the difference between a 170 and 175mm crank is there much difference in the end

cheers

It's not really noticeable. Hpw tall are you?

hucking_fell

nickbrown_500 wrote:

whats the difference between a 170 and 175mm crank is there much difference in the end

cheers

£30, if you're buying from CRC.

zero303

canada16 wrote:

People have said though that you need to keep changing the BB all the time.

Could become very expensive if they are not that great.

You'll see I said to get a superstar BB with the money you're saving... I mean £55 for £155 cranks, what's there to complain about? And to be fair, most reviews actually praise the BB and it averages 4/5 with a lot of reviews...

nickbrown_500

where abouts can i get one of the superstar BB's from, think im gunna get one of these cranks see how it goes.

hucking_fell

Superstar BBs

salsarider79

Go for Acros! They do a really lovely clockwork orange one. Oh, pure sex trust me. I had one, then sold the bike it was on....

nferrar

I have the Evolve XC chainset with a SS HTII ceramic BB (http://superstar.tibolts.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=23&products_id=64&osCsid=df14295cee51ec80bb5c828535f67177), works great. Have an SLX double on the other MTB and that's nice to though

chrishoo5

Anyone got a view on the Crank Bros set - http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=13046
?

chrishoo5

Anyone got a view on the Crank Bros set - http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=13046
?

Steve_b77

Buy the SLX there truly superb

canada16

Hey

I read somewere that some guy bought two one for him and missus and they both snapped.

I was looking at that crank bro's set until I read that.