Muel Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 Just wondering if anyone has used these cranks and which you think is best, my muscleman's are knackered so its either of these two.By all means suggest some different ones but I can't spend more than around £50! Echos: http://www.tartybikes.co.uk/product.php?id=156Musclemans: http://supercycles.co.uk/site_details.asp?ProductID=381 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boswell Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 I would go for echo, onza are rubbish there heavy and i ripped the thread out of both crank arms with an extractor the first time i tried to take them off.Mr ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Has anyone seen my shoe? Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 I assume you run front freewheel meaning you cant have burns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr8grumble Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 I would go for echo, onza are rubbish there heavy and i ripped the thread out of both crank arms with an extractor the first time i tried to take them off.Mr ? i have echo and the thread round off to hold sprocket on! onza are poo but what happened to my echo's may make you think twice about gettin echo's......hope this helped.graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 get the echos mate, aslong as you fit it altogether properly i.e putitng freehweel on correctly and not cross threadin it then they will be alright.the echos are lighter stiffer nad in general much better quality than the onza ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted December 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 thanks for that, I might be buying some new musclemans from a mates t-mag with a welded acs claw freewheel for £35, so is this a better option? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeymoped Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 defo go for the echo's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downhill_rob2@hotmail.com Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 thanks for that, I might be buying some new musclemans from a mates t-mag with a welded acs claw freewheel for £35, so is this a better option?no.IMO, £35 for onza cranks is a rip off!I bent a pair, snapped another pair, and rounded one off... then got tensiles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted December 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2006 Right, thanks for all that, the Echo's have come now and look really nice, much lighter than my musclemans aswell! Not allowed them until cristmas though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abtrials Posted December 7, 2006 Report Share Posted December 7, 2006 echo's much better than the onza muscle man's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stug45 Posted December 7, 2006 Report Share Posted December 7, 2006 the only reason why the threads are knackering is because you aren't using the tools correctly!to remove a crank- every thread on the crank much be filled by the crank pullerwhen fitting any thread make sure its straight as not to damage the thread by cross threading.if you have problems fitting/removing things then get someone more technically minded to help/do it for you.if you cant do that the local bike shop will surely fit/remove things for you, at a cost! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted December 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 (edited) Thanks for that advice, but the bike is second hand. I have got a crank puller and had to use it to get my right hand crank arm off when my dad was going to weld my freewheel for me. worked like a treet apart from the crank went on much further and as a result jammed against the BB shell. It needs a new BB anyway so i ran it grinding away and it has ground a lod of the shell off. I can still get the BB out htough luckily... Anyway the thread is fine on them its just the taper that is knackered. Thanks for the advice though, its good that you tried to help. Edited December 8, 2006 by KuelMuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 (edited) Never rode the Musclemans but Echo 6061's are totally crap. The taper should last you about a month. It's just an awful material, I had some Zoo CNC 05 cranks which lasted me about 5 weeks 3 weeks of on and off riding, then I had to modify the taper because I could take the cranks off without any tools. Edited December 8, 2006 by Inur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted December 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 Thanks for telling me that, after I've bought them.They certainly look better than my musclemans, which my mate also has, and haven't failed yet, as long as you keep them really tight most cranks should be fine according to biketrial.com.At my level i could be riding XC cranks anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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