Yeah they are a ton easier, I haven't ridden for so long so still just trying to get used to riding again, not going as big as I did on my mod yet but climbing back up bar height is a lot higher too so sidehops look tiny. It's certainly not as flicky but my mods always weighed a ton and wheren't really flicky at all
They're not bad cranks but you get what you pay for, £50 cranks feel like £50 cranks are the crazybike ones the same alloy? never had an issue of rubbing on my mod, it's just the bigger wheels