damn thats almost identical. Do those chain rings hold up well? I was never really a fan of origin 8 either... I wonder if it'll look stupid since the arms are pretty shiney, almost like chrome and thats a dullish silver. but thanks dude, i havent purchased anything yet so I'm looking for as many options as possible. On FSA's website about the crank it states they have different teeth combinations but I can't find any.

http://www.fullspeedahead.com/products/109/FGimondi
(FSA, Website)

Or is that something different?
I'll shoot FSA an email later today and ask them.

From what people have said Origin 8 is decent. It means the cranks are available with either 46 or 48 teeth when you buy them (depending on weather the spot you're buying from stocks them)

Origin 8 is a crapshoot - some of their stuff is okay and some of it is complete garbage. I just happen to be aware of some of the inner workings of that company and am not a fan of how they conduct business, which is why I am biased.

I've never seen that chainring up close.

The people must know!!!!! Tell us more.

I suppose I may have opened a can of worms but I really don't want to start ****.

All the force from your crank arms is acting on that BB..that's where you're going to get the most flex. Do you really think a big Al crank arm is going to bend before the tiny little square that the crank attaches to does?

awwwwwwwww man. No fair.

Actually, the BB spindle won't flex much at all. The torque from the right crank arm pretty much gets transferred directly from the crank spider / chainring to the chain. The torque from the left crank arm is transferred by torsion through the spindle to the right crank arm. Bending deformation of the spindle is negligible, since the bearings are very close to the crank arms. An external BB with a large diameter hollow spindle will be a bit stiffer, but the difference is very small when compared with frame and wheel lateral flexibility. If you are really concerned about crank stiffness, get a true track crankset with a 144mm bcd and 1/8" chainring.

Do it for the consumer!

Dont want to start a new thread thats about this bike so I'll ask it here:


Could you guys recommend me a good headset and stem? I've never purchased a threadless setup. I was thinking about a chris king or the grand cru at Velo Orange. Does anyone have any experience with the ones at velo orange? I've read only good about chris king. Now with stems I have no idea. Thanks dudes.

Grand Cru is good. I'm also a big fan of the Tange Techno Glide and FSA Orbit-X.

http://have2loseit4me.files.wordpres...mebix_good.jpg


THANKS!


http://store.velo-orange.com/index.p...-8-chrome.html


+

http://store.velo-orange.com/index.p...-0-6-rise.html


OR


http://store.velo-orange.com/index.p...8-17-rise.html



now time for bars :rolleyes:

heard people were having a terrible time with the grand cru headsets, but maybe they've gotten better.

i just installed an ird technoglide, seens like a nice, well made headset. tange cartridge bearings are nice.

Techno Glide is by far my fave.

Hmm, I might go with the techno glide, it's has better reviews and it's on the same site as the andels. I'll just pick out a stem and bars on that site aswell.