Originally Posted by
sjanzeir
On my Dahon folder - which is my daily rider and my most ridden bike - I've been running a Chinese, no-brand, Hollowtech II knockoff crankset for a while now.
The primary difference between Shimano cranks and lower cost cranks is the quality of the chainrings and the shifting between the rings. If you have a single chainring setup then I doubt most people would be able to tell the difference. The bearings in the BB will probably not last as long as Shimano, but otherwise cheap cranks are fine.