Originally Posted by
zsir
Looks great... What's involved in installing a 105 crankset? What bottom bracket/crankset does the nano frame take?
Thank you very much.
Wow I am glad I gotine when I did, I was worried that they might sell out.
http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/mercier/nano.htm
Here is the listing for it. Under the pics is the detailed specs list....the crankset is just some generic one that is on pretty low quality. When I was removing it the threads stripped out of the drive side as I was removing the crankpuller tool...it wasn't cross threaded or anything but it did take some pretty tough tugging to get it out, and the aluminum the crank is forged from seemed pretty soft.
The bb is a generic sealed bearing bb and one of the cups was siezed in there so it took a couple hours to get it removed... So beware of that.
I used a Shimano bbr60 hollowtech II bb. It fit without issue and the crankset did as well. There are videos that explain how to install both of these components on YouTube...just Google installation of them and they should pop up. It's best if you have a torque wrench and have the bb faced to get the paint off.