American made square taper crank options
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American made square taper crank options
Racist, pro- living-wage, xenophobe, clueless patriot, etc. is what filled seven pages of a similar thread started a while back. Only one manufacturer was mentioned. In one post. holy f.
this is not a politics/sjw troll thread- it’s just a bikes thread on a bikes forum for a bike person seeking bike information about bike stuff for biking.
I’d love suggestions for a durable crankset for my sporty ss all-conditions (NE U.S. salt for three to five months) daily commuter.
I do greatly prefer the look of DA & Sugino track cranks over Paul’s silly bmx-looking thing, and I know that I could just spend my truly hard earned beans on one of those instead- I know this. I also know that I could spend a third of what DA/Sugino/Paul/White charge and get something perfectly adequate for transferring force from my legs to my frame & wheel.
What i don’t know is what (if any) MIA options I have for a forged square taper crankset that is reputed to take lots of abuse before succumbing to fatigue and, for ease of chainring replacement, has five regular cr bolts holding the ring on.
Thank you in advance.
this is not a politics/sjw troll thread- it’s just a bikes thread on a bikes forum for a bike person seeking bike information about bike stuff for biking.
I’d love suggestions for a durable crankset for my sporty ss all-conditions (NE U.S. salt for three to five months) daily commuter.
I do greatly prefer the look of DA & Sugino track cranks over Paul’s silly bmx-looking thing, and I know that I could just spend my truly hard earned beans on one of those instead- I know this. I also know that I could spend a third of what DA/Sugino/Paul/White charge and get something perfectly adequate for transferring force from my legs to my frame & wheel.
What i don’t know is what (if any) MIA options I have for a forged square taper crankset that is reputed to take lots of abuse before succumbing to fatigue and, for ease of chainring replacement, has five regular cr bolts holding the ring on.
Thank you in advance.
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I have the White Industries Square Taper crankset and bottom bracket. I would pass on the bottom bracket and get auspicious Japanese brand, which is what I wound up doing anyway after inauspicious WI lock-ring didn't.
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Is this all of America or just USA? I think there is a boutique or custom crank mfg in Canada.
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Praxis is based in Santa Cruz, but the parts are manufactured in Taiwan. I can't think of any other options. (IRD is also Taiwan I think https://www.interlocracing.com/shop?search=crank .)
Rene Herse says "assembled in Seattle" which I think means the parts aren't from the US, but I am not completely sure.
https://www.renehersecycles.com/prod...onents/cranks/
Further reading on American manufacturing:
https://www.theonion.com/economists-...ybe-1819572665
Rene Herse says "assembled in Seattle" which I think means the parts aren't from the US, but I am not completely sure.
https://www.renehersecycles.com/prod...onents/cranks/
Further reading on American manufacturing:
https://www.theonion.com/economists-...ybe-1819572665
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I'll try to remember the one I was thinking of. It may actually have been one of the Scandinavian countries instead of Canada. I realize that's farther away but those folks are a lot like us, only more so.
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Phil Wood. https://www.benscycle.com/phil-wood-...od_345/product
It has everything you asked for. After you see the price, American made cranks may not be so attractive.
It has everything you asked for. After you see the price, American made cranks may not be so attractive.
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Phil Wood. https://www.benscycle.com/phil-wood-...od_345/product
It has everything you asked for. After you see the price, American made cranks may not be so attractive.
It has everything you asked for. After you see the price, American made cranks may not be so attractive.
Makes my White Industry one (which cost me more than the frame I now hang it from) look almost thrifty.
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Does it really have a Q factor of 158.5mm? That seems awfully wide.
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I've been spoiled by having a 7410 crankset. Everything else makes me feel duckfooted.
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Praxis is based in Santa Cruz, but the parts are manufactured in Taiwan. I can't think of any other options. (IRD is also Taiwan I think https://www.interlocracing.com/shop?search=crank .)
Rene Herse says "assembled in Seattle" which I think means the parts aren't from the US, but I am not completely sure.
https://www.renehersecycles.com/prod...onents/cranks/
Further reading on American manufacturing:
https://www.theonion.com/economists-...ybe-1819572665
Rene Herse says "assembled in Seattle" which I think means the parts aren't from the US, but I am not completely sure.
https://www.renehersecycles.com/prod...onents/cranks/
Further reading on American manufacturing:
https://www.theonion.com/economists-...ybe-1819572665
Here is Rene Herse thoughts on cranks, CNC vs. forged, and manufacturing in the USA.
https://www.renehersecycles.com/why-not-made-in-u-s-a/
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Phil Wood. https://www.benscycle.com/phil-wood-...od_345/product
It has everything you asked for. After you see the price, American made cranks may not be so attractive.
It has everything you asked for. After you see the price, American made cranks may not be so attractive.
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I have a set designed in sw which I’ve been thinking of graphite casting to bling with for a month or two.
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