Originally Posted by
txela
Hi Carleton,
I'm on the fence between Dura Ace 7710 and Sugino DD2 cranksets. Seeing how the DD2 are relatively new, is the Dura Ace becoming "outdated" even though it's still considered very high quality? Which would you go with?
I have no experience (first or secondhand) with Sugino DD2, so I'd pick the Dura Ace.
The Dura Ace has been used at the highest levels of the sport. They are the cranks to which all others are compared. If you get a set now, they will last longer than the typical track career. The only down side is price. A new set of arms and bottom bracket can be expensive. That being said, they hold a really high resale value and can be sold very quickly.
The DD2 may be just as good, I just don't know anything about them. I do now that they've been out for a few years now and for some reason they aren't popular. Not sure why. It could simply be that SRAM Omniums own the lower end of the race market and Dura Ace own the higher end (power meter cranks aside).