Originally Posted by
nayr497
I agree about the old road cranks. Just be careful that your bike has a relatively high BB...I think road doubles are hard to find in 165mm, I think; I have 170s.
I've seen plenty of 165 road cranks for sale, including 600s, but, yes, 170s do appear to be more common. I use 170s on a conversion and pedal strike is not a serious issue.
Originally Posted by
Redline927
Why would you want to run a crankset with two chainrings (unless you run the outer one with an obnoxious ratio, or hack it off and run the inside one making the whole thing look terrible)?
I would rather have a cheap-o bulletproof crankset. or the above mentioned ebay set. Anything designed for a single speed setup.
This thread is nothing more than people stating to get what they have because they believe it to be the best, with most likely NO other experience with the other mentioned cranksets. I say this because I am guilty of it as well.
OP- plainly, there is no "best" crankset.
Many cheap SS cranks are actually road (double) cranks sold with only a single ring. You can run one chainring on any crank, and there are plenty of chainring sizes available to obtain whatever gear ratio you want. Please get a clue.