I'm not sure what best sub-forum would be for this question but "touring" is my best guess, given what I know about the equipment that is commonly used.

I'm getting a bike built from the frame-up and the last real component I need to choose is the crankset. I plan to use friction shifters so indexing compatibility is not an issue.

The two cranksets I've narrowed down to are the Deore Trekking 48/36/26 and the Sugino XD-2/XD600 46/36/24 / 46/36/26. Either will give me the gearing range I want so I'm looking solely at the effects of the crankset and bottom bracket on ride feel.

The Deore is an external BB Hollowtech crankset and the Sugino is square taper. Will there be a substantial difference in the feel of these two set-ups? Will the differences be too small to really notice?

My rides will be anthing from a few miles around the neighborhood to 20-50 mile group rides. I won't be hauling anything besides myself and typical items like water bottles, spare tube, etc...