Profiles. The most copied crank ever. SAINTS are OK but they are Alum. So say theoretically after 3-4 years riding they decide to fatigue then SNAP. I have see guys off roofs of houses on BMX's running Profiles and good! They are about the same weight as Saints to boot and totally adjustable!
He asks about the strongest cranks available and you post a FR (AM?) crank that's also lightweight?RaceFace Atlas FR set is super strong and light as well. May or may not work for you but that would be my choice with whats out there for the Price. I am not a fan of the old BMX cranks, sorry.
Cecil
yup. there are stronger bmx cranks made but they start to get heavy. profiles are the best compromise between strength and weight for a steel crank. ive been running the same set profile originals on my 20" for about 8 years. I have seen them break and bend but only under the most severe abuse(big ghost ride).
Bro, like I said I am not a fan of BMX Chromo's and they are not always the Strongest. I have broken 2 pair in my BMX days and I am only 170lbs. Never broke a pair of Al DH cranks. I was fully aware of what he wanted, only gave my 2 cents to try to help some.He asks about the strongest cranks available and you post a FR (AM?) crank that's also lightweight?
I'd stick to Tubular Chromo if I were you, but a beefy Alu crankset with a good warranty behind it would be a good second choice. What cranksets have you bent/broken?
I know quite a few people that bent diablous last season.
Oh sh*t! I fly aluminum airplanes! :huh:
Yeah, those B52's built last century will be falling out of the sky any day now, despite the fact they delievered the most tonnage in Iraq of any aircraft these last few years. Despite being built in 1955 "As of April 2008[update], 94 of the original 744 B-52 aircraft were still operational within the U.S. Air Force" (source: Hopper, David. "Upgraded B-52 still on cutting edge". Air Combat Command Public Affairs, 31 March 2008. Retrieved: 21 July 2008. )
+1, I don't know if they are but they sure do look it, and I don't think they are quite as heavy as their reputation has many believe.
One I was flying yesterday for 4hrs is from 1969, original fuselage, wings, skin, ailerons, etc. Yeah, stuff has to sometimes be fixed, but that is usually the exception, not the rule. From the beginning, they design them with fatique lifes and limits that won't normally be exceeded. So while your aluminum cranks will fail from fatique, you won't live that long. (unless they are Crank Brother's Cobalt cranks that were glued-together).
You are probably right about military aircraft perhaps, but i know commersial flight has bits replaced pretty often. As a precaution if nothing else.
