Are the specialized strongarm cranks relabled shimano octalink cranks?
Maybe LX or XT level??
anyone know?
Maybe LX or XT level??
anyone know?
Specialized Strongarm II cranks - relabled Shimanos?
- Thread starter MMcG
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These are the ones.
Yeah pic would help.
edit: those don't look like Shimano cranks to me.
edit: those don't look like Shimano cranks to me.
they kinda look like these don't they??
So does that mean they basically work with shimano bbs but kinda suck??
Um, Sugino cranks? I thought Specialized made the Strongarm cranks in house.
They definitely aren't Shimano.
They definitely aren't Shimano.
How can you tell they aren't Shimano - they sure as hell look a lot like Shimano to me.
looks just like how my old XTs used to look - at least the hollow part of it.
Hmm... Mark, the more I look at those, the more they look like LX/XT cranks... They must have changed their crank supplier, since the old SAII's that I've seen several sets of weren't like those. The self extracting crank bolts aren't the same, though, and that seems like an odd detail to change.
They sure do look similar to Shimanos.....time will tell I guess.
They're Octalink... I already looked it up.sanjuro said:
If they are shimanos just relabled - probably LX level huh?
What about the new carbon road cranks? Those are completely in house.
And what you said above about outboard bearings, can you really prove that the bearings themselves are stiffer, or just the crank arm design is stiffer, which happened to be released at the exact same time? The stiffness coming from the bb spindle and bearings is going to be pretty unnoticeable compared to the stiffness of the crank arm. I.E. when you switch from a steel to a ti spindle, can you notice the difference, honestly?
And what you said above about outboard bearings, can you really prove that the bearings themselves are stiffer, or just the crank arm design is stiffer, which happened to be released at the exact same time? The stiffness coming from the bb spindle and bearings is going to be pretty unnoticeable compared to the stiffness of the crank arm. I.E. when you switch from a steel to a ti spindle, can you notice the difference, honestly?
Zark said:
IIRC, the XT and LX crank arms were exactly the same, but the chainrings that came with the XT cranks were lighter.MMcG said:
hmmm.....good to know.........good to know.
I don't buy that the huge jump in sizes for that big hollow spindle for outboard cranks doesn't give you a big increase in stiffness.HaveFaith said:
I haven't ridden any of the outboard bearing cranks, but given how much torque is on that spindle, it should provide a noticable increase in stiffness.
Don't know about the new carbon cranks.HaveFaith said:
As for the other part. Can I prove it? No, not an engineer
The bearings are larger and sit further away (compared to ISIS/octalink) with a larger spindle. They "feel" stiffer. Hop on a bike with octalink XT cranks, then on one with the new 2 piece and you should notice a difference. I do at least.
pretty sure my XT cranks looked like these on the inside.
It will be too late one way or the other Tame Ape.
Yeppers - t'was me.
You the seller?
If so, send me an invoice - cheapest shipping method is fine. I'm in no hurry.
You the seller?
If so, send me an invoice - cheapest shipping method is fine. I'm in no hurry.
Payment sent!
did you sell tonyhawk that black bullit a few years back as well?
Shimano doesn't make private-labeled stuff for people. Spesh and Trek (Icon) Cannondale (Coda) used to be big into that stuff. There was a big push a couple of years ago to have bikes with bike-company branded bars/stems/posts/cranks. Saved the company TONS of money, because they didn't have to pay more for a similar product with a brand name on it, but also didn't have some no-name stuff on there.
Not saying they're not nice cranks, look great. Careful though, some of those cranks tended to have slightly softer aluminum which made them really easy to round out a little if ridden loose. The older XTs were notorious for that.
JJames
Not saying they're not nice cranks, look great. Careful though, some of those cranks tended to have slightly softer aluminum which made them really easy to round out a little if ridden loose. The older XTs were notorious for that.
JJames
either way the price was great........so no worries.
Shimano doesn't relabel. They only sell their branded stuff through authorized dealers only. They due however license their proprietary deisgns and interfaces to other manufacturers.MMcG said:
If they are shimanos just relabled - probably LX level huh?
Thanks Jim.
THEY ARE SUGINO
That is all. And they are not 'hollowtech', dead giveaway.
That is all. And they are not 'hollowtech', dead giveaway.
Dude, chill the F out will ya!rideit said: