Originally Posted by
paulie.reklama
Thak you! Unfortunately, the Litepro has only 170mm cranks on Ali for my destination, I am 194cm tall so its not very ergonomic to me.
I know, Shimano Cues not very nice choice in terms of appereance. But I probably don't have many options in 175mm or 172.5mm lengths. I would probably combine the Cues with some full "aero" chainring like KEOS from Ali, and thus shift the look to modern, for this type of cranks it would probably be a better choice.
Do you happen to know how big of a gap between the inner face of the crank and the rear frame is common on road/gravel bikes? In my first post, I have 0-1mm in the photo, but I don't actually know what condition is close to ideal.
Gosh I don't know gravel or mountain, and not even that info on road, I only know my own bike.
Someone else on here has tried Cues and says it's good stuff, shifts well, handles the range it's supposed to, etc. IIRC, I think also designed with electric drivetrains and rental bikes in mind, so supposed to be durable. I think a bit heavier than prior components. Most Shimano stuff is bombproof tough, the failure they had on some bonded construction cranks (to reduce weight) was rare for the company. I just got away from their cranks because I don't like 4 bolt assym pattern (especially proprietary, requiring Shimano chainrings to blend well with the crank spider), and direct mount chainrings even worse. But my USD$13 Shimano Tourney TX rear derailleur has been an excellent and reliable replacement for the original Dahon Neos design at $80 replacement cost, for a terrible design.