Truvativ Elita 2.1 Crankset: buy cheap, buy twice...

bompington
bompington Posts: 7,674
edited April 2014 in Road general
... as the old saying goes.

I am a bona fide cheapskate though, so under £40 seemed like a bargain for this. Well, after about 100 miles or so the LH crank simply fell off. Appeared to be a stripped thread, and CRC (for it is they) naturally turned round and said "well you must have fitted it wrong, warranty not valid". Not to mention, of course, the kind of forumite who is always quick to point out how wrong other posters are, when I mentioned it on this thread.

But now that I've got round to a quick google on the topic, it seems this is a not unheard of problem: slightly different model and a few years ago for sure, but these are not the only poor reviews.

Anyone on here got any experience of this crankset?

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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    Title's still wrong though. You can buy a square taper Stronglight crankset from Spa cycles for £35 and that is for a triple! And it will last forever!

    My only experience of Truvativ cranksets was on my MTB. The BB lasted about five minutes. The Avid brakes were crap too. I don't get on with SRAM products!
    Faster than a tent.......
  • jordan_217
    jordan_217 Posts: 2,580
    Defo a known problem with this chainset, as you seem to have found out via a quick internet search. There's a thread on an American forum that mentions a hire fleet of bikes all being spec'd with this Chainset and the majority of them lost the left crank arm within the first few days of action.

    I've bought a 2nd hand TT bike with this chainset, there's a 105 one waiting to replace it, when I take delivery....
    “Training is like fighting with a gorilla. You don’t stop when you’re tired. You stop when the gorilla is tired.”
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    SRAM do have a reputation for making bike parts in a rare form of metal alloy commonly known in many other parts of the world as 'cheese' :-)). I've had two instances of pedals being cold-welded to SRAM cranks - both were greased prior to fitting.
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    Monty Dog wrote:
    two instances of pedals being cold-welded to SRAM cranks
    If only :roll:
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    jordan_217 wrote:
    There's a thread on an American forum that mentions a hire fleet of bikes all being spec'd with this Chainset and the majority of them lost the left crank arm within the first few days of action.

    Bompington might be able to use a link to that.
    Faster than a tent.......
  • jordan_217
    jordan_217 Posts: 2,580
    Rolf F wrote:
    jordan_217 wrote:
    There's a thread on an American forum that mentions a hire fleet of bikes all being spec'd with this Chainset and the majority of them lost the left crank arm within the first few days of action.

    Bompington might be able to use a link to that.

    :oops: apologies, responding on my phone and didn't read the whole link! I was referring to memory from when I was looking at the spec of a 2nd hand bike.

    Proves I wasn't lying though :)
    “Training is like fighting with a gorilla. You don’t stop when you’re tired. You stop when the gorilla is tired.”
  • MountainMonster
    MountainMonster Posts: 7,423
    Rolf F wrote:
    Title's still wrong though. You can buy a square taper Stronglight crankset from Spa cycles for £35 and that is for a triple! And it will last forever!

    My only experience of Truvativ cranksets was on my MTB. The BB lasted about five minutes. The Avid brakes were crap too. I don't get on with SRAM products!

    +1 for Stronglight cranks! I've got them on 2 of my bikes and they are bomb proof, especially for the price!
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