Bike Cafe · Public discussion

Crank advice

Started by Matthew Jewell · · Last activity · 4 posts · 637 views

This thread is locked and is currently read-only.

Thread details

What we know about this thread

Original section
Bike Cafe
Published
14 July 2012
Last activity
15 July 2012
Original author
Matthew Jewell
Posts
4
Discussion status
Public discussion
Total views
637
Views / 30 days
0

The navigation and discussion metadata provide context. Posts remain in their original chronological order.

Showing posts 1–4 of 4
Posts remain in their original chronological order.

Text size
  1. Building a caad 10, and am deciding between a Sram GXP rival crank and a bb30 force crank, I am on a budget, so is the benefits of force that noticeable?

    Thanks!

  2. You frame is going to make that decision for you ... a GXP crank will not fit a bb30 frame and visa versa. I know newer caad 10's are bb30. Not sure what you have.

  3. I think that there are adapters so that Campagnolo UT + Hollowtech II BB (¿)cups(?) can be used with BB30 frames, so presumably there is a similar adapter for GXP BBs/cranks ... if there isn't a specific GXP adapter, then the fore mentioned adapters can possibly be used-or-adapted for the GXP BB (¿)cups(?) ...

    BUT, if a person is not opting for either a Campagnolo or Shimano crankset, then I think an FSA is a better option than the SRAM crankset just because an FSA crank will generally cost less ...
    [I]Why pay more if the crankset isn't being chosen for aesthetic reasons?!?[/I]

  4. Matthew Jewell said:

    Building a caad 10, and am deciding between a Sram GXP rival crank and a bb30 force crank, I am on a budget, so is the benefits of force that noticeable? Thanks!

    There is an adapter made (Wheels Manufacturing is one company that does this. There may be more.) to allow a GXP crank to work on a BB30 bottom bracket shell. Iffin' I were you, I would also consider getting a Cannondale Hollowgram crankset. It's very nice crank, likely a bit better than the two you mention. You can buy 'em new, and you can also pick 'em up on eBay. If I had a BB30 bottom bracket shell, that's the crankset I'd use.

Active in the last 60 minutes

Active in this thread

0 users · 0 guests ·0 bots ·0 total

No signed-in users are active right now.

No known search crawlers active right now.