Good Deal X0 Chainset??

trancetek
trancetek Posts: 83
edited January 2013 in MTB buying advice
Hi Everyboday!

Is that good price for x0 Chainset?
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=55193

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  • pnev
    pnev Posts: 236
    Not to shabby, crank arms are a bit short though
  • Greer_
    Greer_ Posts: 1,716
    Pnev wrote:
    Not to shabby, crank arms are a bit short though

    How?! 5mm won't make a difference to most people!
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  • jfry94
    jfry94 Posts: 392
    dam this month's upgrade is some new forks, and there in the right colour.
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  • jfry94
    jfry94 Posts: 392
    incase anyone wants them in 175mm or gold winstanleys have them for £190 http://www.winstanleysbikes.co.uk/produ ... Without_BB
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    2013 Cannondale Jekyll 3
    2007 Carrera Kraken
  • pnev
    pnev Posts: 236
    Greer_ wrote:
    Pnev wrote:
    Not to shabby, crank arms are a bit short though

    How?! 5mm won't make a difference to most people!

    Hense the reason I put "a bit short"
  • njee20
    njee20 Posts: 9,613
    Why not have one of each, if it doesn't make a difference?

    That is quite a good price, but the rings are soft, the BBs not brilliant, they scuff if you look at them and they're barely lighter than the far cheaper XT...
  • rockmonkeysc
    rockmonkeysc Posts: 14,774
    I wouldn't buy X0 cranks. I have two sets of cranks with GXP bottom brackets and they are rubbish. Replacement BB's are expensive as well and heavier than Shimano. I have also seen a set of X0 carbon cranks snap, made a nasty mess of the rider's leg.
    Shimano cranks are far better.
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  • bennett_346
    bennett_346 Posts: 5,029
    Agreed, i hated my sram crankset and i now have an SLX one and not only do the rings not bend when you shift but they're so much stiffer and the BB is far better sealed.

    I'd never use sram chainsets again.

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