Originally Posted by
daveed
I was peering into the window of a closed bike shop this morning and noticed that the two commuter bikes -- one priced at $1.200 and the other at $1,500 -- were both equipped with FSA triples. I've seen these cranks (typically black with white lettering) on other new bikes online and in local local shops. To me, they look a bit cheap, especially the inner rings. Often, the bikes have nicer components, too: 105 brake/shifter levers, Tiagra rear derailer, decent rims. Yet what gives with the ubiquity of FSA cranks?
I think with the bb30 bottom bracket most new bike uses this days it has a 30mm BB you can't use shimano because shimano is a 24 mm so they use the FSA to use a shimano crank you need an adapter to downsize the BB to 24mm.