I'm looking for light weight cranks for my DH bike. Most that I looked into don't have the weight listed. I think I saw Saints listed at around 1100 grams(with BB) but have no idea how these compare to others. For the last couple years I ran Race Face North Shore. I had no problems with them, but I want to go lighter. I'll need an 83mm BB and I weigh about 165. Any suggestions?
Light weight cranks and BB for DH
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i thiink the new funn, are failry lite. . . also check hozfeller oct
Go to www.bti-usa.com. They have most of the weights listed. The new Truvativ Holzfeller cranks with bottom bracket are about the same weight as the Saints with bb.
Thanks. At least with the weights listed, I have something to compare.
yea 83mm narrows the market, isis might be the way to go since saints wont save you any weight, bombproof, but not weight saving at all
hones?
middleburns
you can still get ti spindles for them also correct?
actually, anyone running deity cranks downhill?
deity wt include spider though??
i've got a set and i like them. i'm not doing dh racing, but more like agressive trail riding (not much here in SoCal). they are a bit heavy, and they take a bit of playing with to get set up, but nothing that is excessive. you can fine tune your crank width and chainline with the spacers they provide. if you have any questions, you can call eric and get great customer service.
one cool thing about bti is that they actually weight the items as they come in!. their weights are pretty much dead one as well.
the spider is heavy (depending on which one you get), but if you run a single ring, you can get a chainwheel that bolts to the crank arm and doesn't need a spider.
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I've had a set of Deitys on my bike for the past 2 years now (Imperial and now 7point). I love them! And I'm planning on getting another pair for a second bike. Plus their customer service is great. I run them with an e-13 Super Spider and guide.
toby
toby
Holzfeller OCT?
deity, have been running the cranks for three years now on all my bikes and they reock
Deity's are great. Eric is a fantastic guy to deal with. He is more than helpful. The cranks are pretty typical steel three-piece affairs. You can theoretically use a Profile or FSA ti spindle on them to drop the weight a lot, but it gets pretty pricey. As well, according to Eric at Deity, you can permanently stretch and deform the crankarm spline interface because the Ti spindles are slightly larger in diameter than the stock Deity steel spindle.
Getting the chainline set up is a little trickier than ISIS and you don't get fat bearings like you do with Saints or Race Face outboards. You'll also probably need to space the cranks out farther away from your BB because the arms don't bend outwards the way aluminum cranks do. The pedal thread is very long, too. Much longer than most pedal spindles I have.
It's not life-changing, but steel cranks are certainly different. To the original poster, if you really want to go light, see if you can get a longer Ti spindle (BMX retailers sometimes have them) and some lighter Profile-compatible 853 steel arms. There are Ti end-bolt kits and aluminum spacers that can leave you with a really strong, fairly light set-up. It will take a lot of searching and fiddling, though. Beware.
Getting the chainline set up is a little trickier than ISIS and you don't get fat bearings like you do with Saints or Race Face outboards. You'll also probably need to space the cranks out farther away from your BB because the arms don't bend outwards the way aluminum cranks do. The pedal thread is very long, too. Much longer than most pedal spindles I have.
It's not life-changing, but steel cranks are certainly different. To the original poster, if you really want to go light, see if you can get a longer Ti spindle (BMX retailers sometimes have them) and some lighter Profile-compatible 853 steel arms. There are Ti end-bolt kits and aluminum spacers that can leave you with a really strong, fairly light set-up. It will take a lot of searching and fiddling, though. Beware.
So does anyone know the weight of the Gravity Gap cranks with the integrated BB? I see they make it in a 83mm shell. DH use?
Damn, more than I wanted to see. I guess I will have to stay with ISIS setup.
that is a quad bearing bb?68/73mm version w/bb, but it gives you an idea.
yea, MegaExo Quad BB
Right, but the Gap crank in 83mm configuration is OEM only at this point.
Gravity Light and ISIS is identical if not a few grams lighter than Middleburn.
This doesn't help anyone right now. There is a "normal" size external bearing, hollow forged crank in the works which will be 83mm compatible. Fully integrated setup with only a small weight penalty over the above ISIS option.
yea but he needs 83mm bb, and that was said to be oem only, like on sundays... where can the ti spindles be ordered from besides used, and websites?