Looking for compact crankset in 165mm

[Duc Loi]

Who makes them? Only one I found at Harris bike was a Bulletproof BMX
crankset.

thanks

 

[[email protected]]

Bontrager lists their Race Lite crank in 165mm at the top of this page:
http://www.bontrager.com/Road/Components/Cranks/5806.php

I have the Bontrager Race Lite compact crank (only mine's 170mm) and
it's been great so far.

Duc Loi wrote:
> Who makes them? Only one I found at Harris bike was a Bulletproof BMX
> crankset.
>
> thanks

 

[[email protected]]

Duc Loi wrote:
> Who makes them? Only one I found at Harris bike was a Bulletproof BMX
> crankset.
>

Sugino XD cranks (XD300 and/or XD600) come in 165mm lengths. Get one,
ditch the inner chainring, and replace the middle and outer chainrings
with whatever size you like. As they use 110mm BC chainrings, you can
go as low as 34 tooth for the second chainring. Either can be found at
Aebike or Harris Cyclery, or probably order from your friendly LBS. I
just converted an ancestor of this crank on a mid-80's bike from being
a 52/42 to a 50/34 for my wife and am very happpy with the result.

Later,
Mark Muller

 

[Andy M-S]

I'll second the XD. They come in a wide range of sizes--I have an
XD/n00 on my bike with 48-36-26 rings and 175mm arms, and found one for
my 11-yo son's bike in 46-36-26, 165mm arms. It's nice to get a good
fit...

 

[Booker C. Bense]

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Duc Loi <[email protected]> wrote:
>Who makes them? Only one I found at Harris bike was a Bulletproof BMX
>crankset.
>

_ Stronglight and TA also make them ( I think Harris has the
stronglight on their website ).

http://www.xxcycle.com/cgi-bin/shop.pl?SCREEN=detail&REF=2835

http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/carmina.asp

You can also by a "track" version of the Sugino XD

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=56195&item=7163234894&rd=1

which is just the triple with a slight modification.

_ Booker C. Bense

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[Duc Loi]

[email protected] wrote:
> Duc Loi wrote:
>
>>Who makes them? Only one I found at Harris bike was a Bulletproof BMX
>>crankset.
>>
>
>
> Sugino XD cranks (XD300 and/or XD600) come in 165mm lengths. Get one,
> ditch the inner chainring, and replace the middle and outer chainrings
> with whatever size you like. As they use 110mm BC chainrings, you can
> go as low as 34 tooth for the second chainring. Either can be found at
> Aebike or Harris Cyclery, or probably order from your friendly LBS. I
> just converted an ancestor of this crank on a mid-80's bike from being
> a 52/42 to a 50/34 for my wife and am very happpy with the result.
>
> Later,
> Mark Muller
>
Thanks for the suggestion. If I go with the triple crank but with just
two chainrings, do I need to get a shorter bb spindle?

 

[Booker C. Bense]

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Duc Loi <[email protected]> wrote:
>[email protected] wrote:
>> Duc Loi wrote:
>>
>>>Who makes them? Only one I found at Harris bike was a Bulletproof BMX
>>>crankset.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Sugino XD cranks (XD300 and/or XD600) come in 165mm lengths. Get one,
>> ditch the inner chainring, and replace the middle and outer chainrings
>> with whatever size you like. As they use 110mm BC chainrings, you can
>> go as low as 34 tooth for the second chainring. Either can be found at
>> Aebike or Harris Cyclery, or probably order from your friendly LBS. I
>> just converted an ancestor of this crank on a mid-80's bike from being
>> a 52/42 to a 50/34 for my wife and am very happpy with the result.
>>
>> Later,
>> Mark Muller
>>
>Thanks for the suggestion. If I go with the triple crank but with just
>two chainrings, do I need to get a shorter bb spindle?


_ You don't NEED to, but you might WANT to. Check out Sheldon's
articles on chainline. Generally, you need to get a wider BB
when going from double to triple to avoid clearance problems
on the inner ring. I would try it first with whatever BB you
already have and seen what the chainline looks like.

_ Booker c. Bense

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[Nick Payne]

SJS Cycles has their own 110BCD Thorn brand in lengths down to 140mm. TA
also make 110BCD cranks in a good variety of lengths.

Nick

"Duc Loi" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Who makes them? Only one I found at Harris bike was a Bulletproof BMX
> crankset.
>
> thanks