Dura Ace / FSA Mega Exo
11-26-08 | 07:20 AM
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Dura Ace / FSA Mega Exo
Hello, all. I've got a quick question. I was talking a buddy, and wasn't sure if what I was saying was true. I remember some pros a little while back were running Dura Ace 7800 cranks with FSA ceramic bottom brackets. Are they threaded the same? Can you use FSA and 7800 Dura Ace cranks and bottom brackets interchangeably? I know someone on BFs will know the answer.
11-26-08 | 07:48 AM
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BZZZT! Wrong answer, still your turn...
They are interchangeable. I'm running FSA SLK-K cranks with a D/A BB on my cross bike and it's been fine for almost a year...never touched it.
One of the guys I ride with was having trouble with his FSA cranks and the shop didn't have anything to loan him while it went back for warranty, so I threw my spare D/A crank on his bike. It worked perfectly with his FSA BB...not a creak for 3 months.
The dimensions of the FSA BBs are all the same...regular or ceramic!
They are interchangeable. I'm running FSA SLK-K cranks with a D/A BB on my cross bike and it's been fine for almost a year...never touched it.
One of the guys I ride with was having trouble with his FSA cranks and the shop didn't have anything to loan him while it went back for warranty, so I threw my spare D/A crank on his bike. It worked perfectly with his FSA BB...not a creak for 3 months.
The dimensions of the FSA BBs are all the same...regular or ceramic!
11-26-08 | 07:51 AM
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So basically what I was wondering was "Can you use a DA crank w/ FSA bb, and an FSA crank with a DA bb?" Damocles says, "yes." At least to DA crank with an FSA BB.
That's really what we started off talking about last night and then I started wondering if the reverse were true.
Thanks! If anyone else has experience with these setups, I'd love to hear about them!
That's really what we started off talking about last night and then I started wondering if the reverse were true.
Thanks! If anyone else has experience with these setups, I'd love to hear about them!
11-26-08 | 07:53 AM
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So basically what I was wondering was "Can you use a DA crank w/ FSA bb, and an FSA crank with a DA bb?" Damocles says, "yes." At least to DA crank with an FSA BB.
That's really what we started off talking about last night and then I started wondering if the reverse were true.
Thanks! If anyone else has experience with these setups, I'd love to hear about them!
That's really what we started off talking about last night and then I started wondering if the reverse were true.
Thanks! If anyone else has experience with these setups, I'd love to hear about them!
You can flip flop the cranks and BBs freely...
The answer is yes across the board...
11-26-08 | 07:55 AM
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^^ Great!
11-26-08 | 08:14 AM
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That's a "no," I believe. I'm 99% sure it won't work. Their GXPs are a totally different setup.
11-26-08 | 09:11 AM
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Shimano Hollowtech II and FSA Mega-EXO are the same damn thing.
Truvativ/SRAM GXP uses a smaller internal diameter for the cups and a different binding mechanism on the NDS crankarm. Neither will allow the use of a GXP standard crank in a Shimano/FSA bottom bracket without modifying something.
Truvativ/SRAM GXP uses a smaller internal diameter for the cups and a different binding mechanism on the NDS crankarm. Neither will allow the use of a GXP standard crank in a Shimano/FSA bottom bracket without modifying something.
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11-26-08 | 11:55 AM
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Shimano Hollowtech II and FSA Mega-EXO are the same damn thing.
Truvativ/SRAM GXP uses a smaller internal diameter for the cups and a different binding mechanism on the NDS crankarm. Neither will allow the use of a GXP standard crank in a Shimano/FSA bottom bracket without modifying something.
Truvativ/SRAM GXP uses a smaller internal diameter for the cups and a different binding mechanism on the NDS crankarm. Neither will allow the use of a GXP standard crank in a Shimano/FSA bottom bracket without modifying something.
