favorite high end Crank
 

Which one? Regardless of where it will be used...

Does it have to be 165? Wy not just leave that stipulation out.

campy record

Well if they have to be 165mm I'm gonna go with DA. Otherwise I would have picked 75s.

I have my reasons.

LEAVE ME ALONE!

edit: voted omniums.

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Just curious if you dislike DA longer than 165mm. I have some 175's

Basically I was trying to give the most ridiculous answer I could think of.

i voted dura ace in honor of my old 7600 cranks. the new octalink, i'm not really in to

favorites of all time to get REALLY specific

campy njs cranks
suntour superbe pro
dura ace 7600

165 is too short for me anywhere. so, Truvativ Holzfeller would be my vote (i run a 170 Hussefelt on my SS).

I love my Omniums.

In order:

Paul Components Pure Road Crank

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2199/...64ee6f.jpg?v=0

Sugino 75

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2321/...69a383.jpg?v=0

Dura Ace

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2339/...7d3ce9.jpg?v=0

http://brianr86.googlepages.com/IMG_...full;init:.JPG
I miss my Suntour Superbe Pro's so much! that's my vote but only if you can find the Bottom Bracket for them...

new campy record..

None of those cranks listed are exactly "high end" (the Omniums are newer technology but still not too high end). Maybe if you're riding around on a Bulletproof they might seem high end, but unless you're talking about carbon honeycomb disc chainrings and external bearing systems you're still riding on 70's technology.

Sugino 75.

dura ace 7710 is still being use a world championships

What is the weight for the cranks listed? (I don't feel like Googling all of them)

I ride the omniums and really like them. Do any of the others listed have external bearings? As far as I know as of this posting the omniums are the cheapest, lightest (factoring in the bb), and best tech (external bearings). If that is the case I see this as a no brainier. I could be way off base with those three assumptions though.

Wernt people running the omniums at the olympics this year?

i dont remember seeing anyone on omniums....

out of the ones listed all are square taper sans the omniums...

dura ace 7710 are octalink

Yeah, these cranks listed are so low end the pros don't even ride them :rolleyes:

I didn't say they were low end. Don't do that to me.

Is that before or after you realized external is being deprecated by BB30?

Omniums are not a high end crank. In fact, track racers consider them low end.

Dura ace's are stiffer than Omniums.

What a dumb statement. Did you go and interview every track racer in the world? My buddy races Men's A match sprints and favors Omniums over DA 7710's, so there ya go. To each his own.

The fact of the matter is cranks don't necessarily need to be carbon or have other new-fangled technology like "honeycomb disc chainrings" to make them high end. Dura Ace road cranks are still aluminum, for instance. Anyways, in the context of track racing, the cranks the OP selected are indeed the high end range and the most common sets found on pro bikes.