neomember Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 (edited) I'm hesitating between two sets of cranks for my street/trials bike. I have to choose between a very straightforward setup or a complicated one that offers a lot of possibilities.The first one is a Truvativ Holzfeller Trials 22T crankset. You probably know them already: http://unrealcycles.com/catalog/Cranks.htmWith the Truvativ ones, i'm pretty much stucked with the bashring(quite large) and i don't think i can fit a chainguide device on these... if i need one later.For the other, i was thinking about a 3-piece BMX crankset(BMX BB). It comes with a removable 4-arm spider and i'm planning to get another 5-arm spider also. This could offer a lot of possible configurations and "infinite" chainlines. As it comes in 165mm, i don't know if it's long enough for a 26" bike or for trials in general. I don't know much about the weight also(tubular CrMo).The cranks:http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...A:IT&ih=016The 5-arm spider:https://www.jrbicycles.com/storefront/index...p;productId=980I was leaning toward the BMX cranks cause if i have chain slipping problems later on, those are required to install one of these:http://www.e13components.com/product_sst.htmlThe thing is that i don't know if i'm gonna be able to fit a bashring for a 22t sprocket. I want to know if i can fit a bashring between the crank and the spider in the 64 bcd holes. I was thinking of buying a threshold bashring or something like it. Do trials cranks are different from BMX cranks? How do you setup bashrings on trials cranks?The bashring:http://www.webcyclery.com/product.php?prod...t=21&page=1I'm even thinking of "sandwiching" my sprocket between two threshold bashrings like the Monty 231 Ti Crankset. I mean... how badass is that. I scare myself sometimes. Monty 231 Ti Cranksethttp://www.tartybikes.co.uk/product.php?id=2108Sorry for the headache.Thanks!! Edited October 25, 2007 by neomember Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neomember Posted October 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 Never mind!I'll play safe and go with the Truvativ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Dark Posted October 26, 2007 Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 Tubular cromo is pretty darn heavy.....especiallly on a trials bike......id go for the truvativs....or maybe look at some echo forged cranks? £52 + bash / freehweel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted October 26, 2007 Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 I used to run 3-piece cranks on my 24"Stick a DMR Ring Thing Elite (look it up... I'll try and dig mine out when I go home in a couple of weeks) on and you're sorted.Not the lightest cranks around mind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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