i've seen countless fsa cranks back out during riding, crack and their quality seems subpar- especially for the price.

I was pissed at first, but then realized that these cranks are older than dirt. They came stock on the 2009 Jamis Sonik that I bought and then later stripped and put on my TK2. They have seen a ton of miles in the time that I have owned them, not to mention what abuse they took from the previous owner. 8 year old cranks and aside from this, there hasn't been a single issue.

i routinely see cranks that are 10+ yrs old that haven't cracked. and the " single issue" you had was catastrophic.

Ehh, 8 years isn't really older than dirt. Any decent square taper crank that hasn't been actively abused or run over by a car would last decades.

i have 2 buddies running shimano deer head group sets (including cranks) that are still running strong. 25+ years old.

The cranks on my Shogun, by best estimate, are three years older than me.

I had a FSA SLK carbon road crank for a while in college that would keep coming loose on the left side, hated that thing. I try to stick to Shimano cranks whenever possible - they just work. I've had others that were fancier but I don't see the point.

I have a 30 year old Sugino vp 130 crank. Got 7,500mi on it, and still going strong.

Dave

Meh. I've got a set of Sugino Mighty Compe cranks from the 1970's with over 50k miles on them. But really, unless there is a manufacturing flaw in a crankarm, it should last essentially forever.

I replace my cranks proactively on a yearly basis.

Why take chances?


-Tim-

lol

So can I get some suggestions or what?

75's?

Sugino 75 DD ftw

Yesterday I did my longest ride to date. 62 miles solo and held an average of 19mph. :D

The diamond frame doesn't have anywhere for bottle cage mounts, so I had to get creative. Electrical tape and zip ties to mount to bottles on the angles right within reach and out of my leg swing. It worked out really well, but ended up rubbing through the tape and scratching the frame a little. More tape next time!!:cry:

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A little break at 40 miles. Found it in the glass bottle Tim :thumb:


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Man, those bars aren't my cup of tea but that bike is the business.

Thanks! and yes, new bars are planned. I have some cheapo carbon straight bars coming in soon to try. I also want to try some compact drops and see how it rides.

would rather ride the rustiest pair of cottered cranks (or even american 1pc cranks) over the "nicest" fsa crank.

why do you need a carbon crank to deliver sandwiches to ppl?

sugino. hell, even origin8 would be better than fsa.

I have you on ignore. I see that you posted here twice, so I clicked on them, in hopes that you may haven given a positive contribution to the conversation with some helpful information. Now I know why I put you on ignore.

Haha, yeah, mhr is a total troll. I've got it on ignore too. :lol:

ha ha.

whatever. that dude rules. can't wait to meet him and give him a high five.

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