I tried the search, saw some people had good things to say about the wheelset. But I've been eyeing the black crankset and bottom bracket. Anybody here have any experience?

heres a review (of sorts) from FGG
https://www.fixedgeargallery.com/reviews/alien/crankset/

Look to be the same as IROs

tl; dr; SEARCH!

Same old Taiwanese stuff with a different name. Cranks are Andel, hubs are Novatec, frames are Maxway.

There's another glowing "review" of Alien stuff on FGG now.
https://www.fixedgeargallery.com/reviews/alien/crankset/

Andel's are more matte black though. Aliens are cheaper. I want matte!!

i still want one of the wheelsets.

There is alonther thread exactly like this one somewhere. I have to go pick my wheels and cranks up from the post office tomorrow. I will let you know what I think when I get them and put them on my bike.

I was thinking the same thing; these appear to be glossy black, although otherwise look identical to the Andels...

i got the wheelset off ebay for $140 and im lovin it

Im kinda eyeing their frames. Think I might pick one of those up when they are finally available.

I wish I'd come up with the idea to sell a bunch of generic parts in black with a random name.

I like companies like Alien and IRO. Kinda no frills bikes and components that dont cost an arm and a leg. And not all kids of stupid graphics and what not.

I'm really anxious to hear more about their frame, since it is definitely one I would be interested in. I would just want to get it drilled for a brake...

Yeah, I would want a brake too. But thats all of like 20 minutes of work, so not a huge concern.

Maybe polishing off the paint from the lugs and painting them a different color too. That would be neat. Like match their color to rims and bartape.

I have the wheelset, and cranks. All running smooth after about 3 weeks of riding.

They are pretty much the same as the IRO's the difference though is in the bolt pattern 130 on the IRO and 144 on the alien... that is what is holding me up from buying one or the other, I cant make up my damn mind. I'm probably getting a jamie roy though so i'll probably just go with the IRO so i can have them just smacked on and shipped with my frame.

My only question is about the chainring that comes on the IRO, the one on the alien is a 1/8" but the IRO doesnt have it listed, has anyone gotten one from them? Anyone?

chainring on an iro is 3/32. so are the iro chains and cogs.

I have them. They are sick. They feel great and look damn perty. I just put them on like a week ago and combined with a new Izumi chain I have a practically silent drive train now. And my q factor is that of gods.

Plus the price is great.

I have the wheels and crank... BUT my drive train is a tad noisey. (Still 100% quieter then my mountain bike with "silent clutch" quiet freewheel though)

What factors into a quiet drive train. Everything looks straight but I hear some noise on the back... how can I tell what needs to be spaced out?

^sometimes your combinations off chainring/cog/chain just makes a little noise. as long as you know everything is good and lubed and straight, just rock it. no worries.

btw, my 10 dollar surly 17t cog is much quieter than my 20 dollar eai cog. go figure!

hmm who's tried alien's pedals? they look pretty unique...

the pedals look super ****ty, like the stock kilo tt ones.


i still want one of these wheelsets.

the fact that they're called alien, and is their logo ensures i'll never buy anything from them.

^thankyou. i still will not buy from this "oh man, i just made this bike company and i threw FGG a whole bunch of money and free parts to review me?" company. Just go sugino/weinmann. same *****.