Shimano Hone Crank for DH
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I bent a pair at Downieville this year, however I hit a rock going a million mph, and that will probably do it to any crank.
omfg a million mph?!?!? Are you prepared to same that to sam hill's face?
I'm pretty sure he was just trying to say..."really frickin fast...like ludicrous speed"
My God, he went plaid.
Yeah, the XT would be a good choice too if you want a light set of cranks.
I bent the spindle on a set of 3 ring hones, but that wasn't til after many a cased jump on my hardtail. I woulda replaced them w/ the 2 ring hones, but found a closeout deal on diabolus instead...
BTW, I'm 185 lbs w/o gear and not the smoothest jumper. YMMV
BTW, I'm 185 lbs w/o gear and not the smoothest jumper. YMMV
I have Hones on my SXT, but haven't ridden it enough to really say at this point. They do seem rather stiff so I was pleasantly surprised. I only have a few runs at Downieville and a couple of local trail rides in so far. That being said, they are cheap and I wouldn't hesitate to use them on a Dh bike. If they do bend, well at least they weren't $325.
Hone cranks are the same as LX but anodized dark.
Thats what Shimano told me when I met them for breakfast.
Thats what Shimano told me when I met them for breakfast.
Interesting that the hone and LX are the same, I did not know that..... is there any proof of this?
X-post of mine from FARKIN.NET :
A french mag by the name of "VTT Magazine" has tested a bunch of outboard bearing cranksets in their Mar.05 issue.
They used a rig to measure flex in the crank arms and the Saint crankset turned out to be the stiffest....
The RF (Diabolus) were 1288grams (incl.BB) and it took 57.5 N/m to flex it by 1 millimeter.
The Saints came in at 1108g and took 67.0 N/m to flex the same amount !!!
Other interesting results were -
XTR 790g - 53.8 N/m
XT 862g - 52.4 N/m
Hone+LX 926g - 50.7 N/m
Truvativ Stylo 884g - 52.6 N/m
RF Evolve DH 1232g - 54.7 N/m
RF Atlas 948g - 54.0 N/m
FSA K-Force (carbon) 854g - 58.8 N/m ! "
So, for the 05 model year , the Hone and LX had the same weight and same stiffness characteristics.
A french mag by the name of "VTT Magazine" has tested a bunch of outboard bearing cranksets in their Mar.05 issue.
They used a rig to measure flex in the crank arms and the Saint crankset turned out to be the stiffest....
The RF (Diabolus) were 1288grams (incl.BB) and it took 57.5 N/m to flex it by 1 millimeter.
The Saints came in at 1108g and took 67.0 N/m to flex the same amount !!!
Other interesting results were -
XTR 790g - 53.8 N/m
XT 862g - 52.4 N/m
Hone+LX 926g - 50.7 N/m
Truvativ Stylo 884g - 52.6 N/m
RF Evolve DH 1232g - 54.7 N/m
RF Atlas 948g - 54.0 N/m
FSA K-Force (carbon) 854g - 58.8 N/m ! "
So, for the 05 model year , the Hone and LX had the same weight and same stiffness characteristics.
I think the Hones are one of the heaviest cranksets.
Interesting.
When i got to see the new RockShox stuff, we were all shown a video where Saints, Diabolous and the new OCT Truvativs were tested in the lab. The test was designed to bend the cranks to the failure point. The machine pulled up on the cranks from both ends, while the BB was held in place.
The Saints failed first, right at the axle. Diabolous were the strongest, and failed last. They gave up at some crazy weight, something like 4700 pounds. I can't quite remember the actual numbers, it was a while ago.
The OCTs failed right in the middle, but they were also the lightest.
Take it for what its worth.
if only the Hones came in 165mm.
Hmmm, very interesting ...
Well the french magazine did not break the cranksets - they only tried to bend and measure how much torque is needed to bend them by 1mm.
The photos showed the Cannondale's flex measuring rig with dial gauges poking the crank arms .
Do you think that video is available to the public ?