Originally Posted by nodnerb
Why are you thinking of going 180mm? Just curious. The Raceface evolve DH crank is ss compatible with the evolve DH 118mm bottom bracket. Unless of course that is the specific crank you were refering to anyway.
The DH is far beefier than what I'm looking for. The bike's gonna have an XC setup, since that's the type of riding I do. The standard Evolve crank is definitely an option, though I've seen a lot of reviews saying the SS version is too soft.
As for the 180mm cranks, seems a lot of riders go with longer cranks on their SS bikes for more leverage on the hills. I normally ride 175mm, but I couldn't imagine going longer. I just wanted to see how others felt.