Mountain Biking - A question of gearing or rather cranks

I have a good question, well I think it's a good question anyway. I would like to know if a regular BMX crankset such as profile or oddesey work in a mtb setup? I want to build a SS but I would rather use a BMX style crankset with the spindle rather than a true BB. Any thoughts or anything I need to know before attempting this?

I'm running a set of Profile Racing's with a standard 5 bolt spider attached on my Intense. You must buy a european bottom bracket, but it's readily available. Heck, buy direct from Profile www.profileracing.com Their main office is about 45 minutes away from my home, and I grew up racing BMX with a couple of the guys. My best friend was one of their first full factory riders back in the day. I've always run their cranks and I'm also using their disc hubs.

BTW, have you seen the set of hubs I'm selling? Black, 32 hole, non-disc brand new, never laced.

L8R

stupid question but they're threaded right? when you say eroupean bb what do you mean?

European bottom bracket is the smaller threaded type vs. the big pressed fit BMX type bottom bracket. Go to their website and you'll see the difference.

L8R

you think the conversion kit would work if I don't go with the profile cranks?

I don't know. Ask them. I do know that Profile made a lot of cranks for other people and just put their name on them. GT comes to mind. I'm guessing that if your cranks have the 48 splines, they should work fine, but send Profile an e-mail or go to their forum and ask.

L8R