Story time.
In April I bought a pair of the Hone cranks off of ebay, the burly ones with the steel BB and pedal inserts. I was planning on upgrading my bike, but never got around to installing them. Eventually I decided to just build up a new bike, and found out that the 175mm cranks I had would not clear the stays on my new frame. So I went back to ebay and tracked down a set of the 170mm Hones, again with the inserts and steel BB axle (managed to sell my 175s).
I got the cranks today. Much to my dismay, they have an aluminum BB and no inserts (but they are 170mm and have a bashgaurd). I am guessing the seller just had a mix-up when he shipped. I sent him a message explaining all of this madness, and asked if he had any of the 170s / bash / steel / inserts left. If he does, I guess I am going to try and swap mine for his and call it fair.
What would you do? I guess I could just run them and forget about it, but I ride a hardtail and am somewhat hard on cranks (my last ones are bent and stripped . . . shame on FSA
). I am pretty set on the Hones, I want the inserts that XTs dont have and I dont want the overkill that is Saint. I could try and sell 'em, but who will pay $130 for LX cranks?
On behalf of the seller, he seems like a solid dude and I would not hesitate to do business with him again. This just seems like a bitch of a mix-up.
To BS, BV, blue, and everyone sucessfully building up their bottlerockets and other assorted rides, :eviltongu
In April I bought a pair of the Hone cranks off of ebay, the burly ones with the steel BB and pedal inserts. I was planning on upgrading my bike, but never got around to installing them. Eventually I decided to just build up a new bike, and found out that the 175mm cranks I had would not clear the stays on my new frame. So I went back to ebay and tracked down a set of the 170mm Hones, again with the inserts and steel BB axle (managed to sell my 175s).
I got the cranks today. Much to my dismay, they have an aluminum BB and no inserts (but they are 170mm and have a bashgaurd). I am guessing the seller just had a mix-up when he shipped. I sent him a message explaining all of this madness, and asked if he had any of the 170s / bash / steel / inserts left. If he does, I guess I am going to try and swap mine for his and call it fair.
What would you do? I guess I could just run them and forget about it, but I ride a hardtail and am somewhat hard on cranks (my last ones are bent and stripped . . . shame on FSA
). I am pretty set on the Hones, I want the inserts that XTs dont have and I dont want the overkill that is Saint. I could try and sell 'em, but who will pay $130 for LX cranks?On behalf of the seller, he seems like a solid dude and I would not hesitate to do business with him again. This just seems like a bitch of a mix-up.
To BS, BV, blue, and everyone sucessfully building up their bottlerockets and other assorted rides, :eviltongu
