Ok, I realize I'm probably preaching to the choir, but I just wanted to share with you my latest "WOW" moment.

I've been using a Miche Advanced Primato crankset, on my Cinelli Vigorelli, for quite a while. It's fine, but for whatever reason the chainring is horribly off-center. For as long as I can remember I've been reading how much the majority of riders praise SRAM OMniums for their stiffness and "centeredness," I guess you could say, for lack of a better word. By the way, the only reason I originally went with the Miches was because I found a good price on them (and wasn't really thinking otherwise, at the time).

Well, I recently decided to fork out the $$$ and buy a SRAM Omnium crankset. I like the concept of the external bearings along with the axle attached to the crank, much like my Shimano 105's, on my road bike, so I figured, worse case scenario: I can at least say I gave the Omniums a try, and now I know what they're like.

Wow! I typically don't get too excited about components, but I have say the difference, to me, between the Omniums and the Miches is like night and day! The Omniums are almost perfectly centered, they spin like butter, super stiff, the chainline is spot on, and the amount of crank arm/spider clearance relative to the chainstays is more than optimal (I was having issues with the Miche non-drive crank arm being way too close for comfort, to the chainstay).

Anyway, my point is I just wanted to say I love my SRAM Omniums, and I have no idea why I waited so long to give them a try. Well, yeah, I do know why: $$$$$$$$$. But at least in this scenario, I really did get what I paid for.