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Old 03-02-21, 08:17 PM
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The biggest 'compatibility' problem I looked for was crank interface, but both of these are using JIS square taper. After that it's chainline, or where the chainring is positioned relative to the frame's vertical center. Some manufacturers will tell you what this is so you can have the appropriate BB spindle length to put the chainrings in the sweet spot to avoid extreme chain angles. Shimano will tell you this (I think) in their technical documents repository.

It was pointed out that the cranks are intended for single chainring installation. I looked at an example on Amazon that looked like it had outer and inner shoulders, so I'd suspect, with appropriate chainring bolt spacers, you could run a double.

This doesn't look like a cheap option, though.
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