Swindon rider Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 (edited) Righty ho, Im gettin a Curtis 24" and I am wandering which cranks I should go for? I know middleburns are the genral consensus, BUT I have always liked the XTR cranks, they are sellign on CRC for nice and cheap, and I was wandering if you think they wil hold up? Please reply if you know facts about them, not you think, or had a mate who had a borther who had a unckle who mioght know someone who had some canks that might have looked like those once in a while, maybe, possibly, but your not sure. ETC Cheers Stu EDIT: oh and I will be getting a Leeson bashguard :turned: Edited February 27, 2005 by Swindon rider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burton Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 Righty ho, Im gettin a Curtis 24" and I am wandering which cranks I should go for? I know middleburns are the genral consensus, BUT I have always liked the XTR cranks, they are sellign on CRC for nice and cheap, and I was wandering if you think they wil hold up? Please reply if you know facts about them, not you think, or had a mate who had a borther who had a unckle who mioght know someone who had some canks that might have looked like those once in a while, maybe, possibly, but your not sure. ETC Cheers Stu EDIT: oh and I will be getting a Leeson bashguard :turned: ← theyre used on a few DH bikes so i think theyre pretty strong. come on pashleys.. i think gee anderthon(sp?) sponsored by MUDDY FOX uses them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomN Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 Should do, am using Shimano Deores and they hold up on me :turned: . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon rider Posted February 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 The people who answered "No", what are the reasons behind this, I would like to know :turned: Stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janson Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 XTR are the shizzle if you get/make a good bashguard for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon rider Posted February 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 Leeson :turned: 10mm thick jobby (Y) Stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guineasmithpig Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 a mate who had a borther who had a unckle surely thats just the mate's uncle? nice spelling! anyways, not used XTRs (wish i had the money, lucky devil) but they look pimp, and i'm sure they'd be strong enough. mr beast himself, jeff lenosky used to use em, n he bent them 3 piece jobbies in evolve/contact! go get em cowboy! smiffy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon rider Posted February 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 surely thats just the mate's uncle? nice spelling! anyways, not used XTRs (wish i had the money, lucky devil) but they look pimp, and i'm sure they'd be strong enough. mr beast himself, jeff lenosky used to use em, n he bent them 3 piece jobbies in evolve/contact! go get em cowboy! smiffy ← i've got a arm in a sling, and typing left handed quickly is quiet hard, and i cannot be arsed to go back and correct my mistakes because it envolves lots of arm movemtns, to the mouse, etc, and im realy lazy and cant be arsed (Y) i'm gonna go for them me thnkys :turned: stu (crippled) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialskid Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 i've got a arm in a sling, and typing left handed quickly is quiet hard, and i cannot be arsed to go back and correct my mistakes because it envolves lots of arm movemtns, to the mouse, etc, and im realy lazy and cant be arsed (Y) i'm gonna go for them me thnkys :P stu (crippled) ← stuart you got a little graze on your arm :P :turned: haha get them you nobba :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon rider Posted February 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 stuart you got a little graze on your arm :P :turned: haha get them you nobba :P ← and a dislocated shoulder (Y) nob ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexymike Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 CHECK u can get a wide enough bb, i heard u can only but up to 122.5, is that enough?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon rider Posted February 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2005 Curtis normally use a 118 dont they? I will just have to see what happens when I mate it all up, I've got a 113 at work which I can get for sod all,if that works, great,if not a 118 will be fine, only £35 from CRC. All ordered up now :turned: Stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Motivator Posted February 28, 2005 Report Share Posted February 28, 2005 Don't they have a weird bb or something? hollo-tech? :blink: Dunno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_Tupman Posted February 28, 2005 Report Share Posted February 28, 2005 Don't they have a weird bb or something? hollo-tech? (Y) Dunno ← Yeah there octolink not ISIS or somthink like that but Shimano BB's are ok :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Motivator Posted February 28, 2005 Report Share Posted February 28, 2005 Yeah there octolink not ISIS or somthink like that but Shimano BB's are ok :blink: ← My mate had some on his xc bike and when I first saw his bike I was like "You might wanna put some crank bolts in mate" as you could see all the way through (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartridge Posted February 28, 2005 Report Share Posted February 28, 2005 My mate had some on his xc bike and when I first saw his bike I was like "You might wanna put some crank bolts in mate" as you could see all the way through (Y) ← They'll be the M960 then - the M952s are a totally different design :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quick_spider Posted February 28, 2005 Report Share Posted February 28, 2005 The 952's need a 952 or 950 BB. They come in 112ish and 116mm spindles I think. I have the 116mm 950 BB on my XC bike since they're rebuildable. Can't fault the cranks, just the annoying 4 arm BCD's of the normal rings. Running 5 arm CD now. Has anyone got pics of the Leeson bash? I half fancy sticking the XTR's on my ET now. Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biketrialler Posted February 28, 2005 Report Share Posted February 28, 2005 My matey Deano has XTR cranks on his Leeson, they have been extremely good :blink: His bike is for sale in the new members bit at the moment (Deano205), check out the pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Nichols Posted February 28, 2005 Report Share Posted February 28, 2005 (edited) Basically... Yes. I believe last year XTR cranks won an award for the lightest cranks for cross-country AND the strongest cranks for downhill. In the same year. Doesn't that tell you everything you need to know? Edited February 28, 2005 by nichols_sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biketrialler Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 No, because that'll be for the new version of the cranks, ie not the version pictured at the top of this post :ermm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 nope, it was for the ones in the pic, they have xtr cranks for xc now and saint for dh, the old xtrs are extremley good cranks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun H Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 Basically... Yes. I believe last year XTR cranks won an award for the lightest cranks for cross-country AND the strongest cranks for downhill. In the same year. Doesn't that tell you everything you need to know? ← That'll of been at least 3 years ago. XTR have been XC specific since then with the hollowtech shizzle. They'll definitely be strong enough but I'm not sure on the BB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_Tupman Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 Ebay is your friend (Y) linky :ermm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan@Trials-uk Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 XTR cranks are good for trials from what I heard, a few street riders use them , and also I think leeson makes nice bashrings for them(Y) hmmm, super light set up(Y) (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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