Mountain Biking - your favorite cranks

hey all, first post in this forum (i'm usually over in the SS spot)... i'd like some advice concerning a crankset for a new SS MTB i'm building up: what are some of your favorites? i'd like something light, tough, and cheap. whaddya say?

i'd like something light, tough, and cheap.

You're only allowed to pick two out of three. :)

You're only allowed to pick two out of three. :)

thats what i was gonna say, but if you want cheap and tough that's pretty easy. Get the Race Face DH crankset with a cheap bb

lol I was gunna say that too...personally I like the Truvativ Holzfellers, im not so sure about light or chep, but they are really really strong

Tough and cheap, but NOT light are a set of Profile Racing Chromoly cranks.

TruVative makes a sweet singlespeed cranks in alum. Light and tough, but not cheap!

If you're running as a single speed I would recommend you NOT go with a cheap bottom bracket. Riding a single imposes a lot greater torque and a cheap bb will self destruct.

I've always liked RaceFace products, so ALL theirs are good. I'm currently running a set of TruVative Hussefelts on my bike (double with a bash ring) and a Hussefelt DH bb. For aesthetic reasons, I've never really like Shimano Cranks, but the new SAINT cranks are gorgeous.

L8R

I'm currently running a set of TruVative Hussefelts on my bike (double with a bash ring) and a Hussefelt DH bb.


Same here. I love my Hussefelts and I have Truvativ Gigapipe Team DH Isis for a BB. I love the strenght of these cranks and the BB. Specially for us bigger guys who still want to do the drops that 100lbs riders do. For strenght go with Hussefelts.

http://www.truvativ.com/dh/images/holz_dh.jpg

Checkout RaceFace as well:
http://www.raceface.com/components/