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Trutative cranksets
Cheese or not as strong?
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The Purple Helmet
09/09/01 21:56
Am I just a ham footed yob? why does this totally pants crankset fold up?
I started up a hill and BANG middle ring bent over 90 degrees its only been out twice!
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Sick Boy
09/09/01 22:01
Is it by Shimano??

I had the same problem with my Shimano job. After the fourth ride the same problem. I pulled a high wheelie on the middle ring and it bent like Dale Winton.
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Slow Joe
09/09/01 22:42
Well, probably not, given that its a truvativ crankset.
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Tim Derbyshire (product tester)
10/09/01 09:29
ive got the truvativ 5d single ring system. square taper cranks are weak and round off. the 42t four arm ring is still straight. the metal trouser guard is really good. all seperate. if youve got a four arm crank or spider for 3pc i recommend buying this and losing the cranks. im big and heavy and been jumping lots and am astonished by the rings strength for the money (good guard too)
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rob cole
10/09/01 10:12
I know loads of people who bought Specialised's P3 bike and ended up having real problems with their Truvativ cranks. They seem to be proper soft, and either bend or round out. All these guys are now running Shimano cranks or 3 piece cromoly cranks.
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Pissed off with the Moderators
10/09/01 12:09
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do what i did, i rounded of a set of Middleburns in 3 weeks ( possibly dodgy) and 2 sets of Shimano LX square tapers in 2 months back in 1999,

i now use On-One reetards with a 36t 10mm thick Profile Blackjack chainring, with a super fat KMC chain, aint gonna break that in a hurry

Dan
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Paul Hopwood
10/09/01 12:36
I've got some Truvativ Firex's & the middle ring bent very quickly for no good reason. Replaced it with a Shimano one & no probs. The cranks themselves are fine though.
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The Purple Helmet
10/09/01 22:29
Yeah it was the middle ring that bent with mine! absolute Cack! It wasnt as if i even put much power in! I was just preparing to go up a hill when chainsuck city! reason?
Middle ring had folded up like an origami exercise and trapped the chain! Odd really I bent the ring out the way with a big rock and didnt miss it much, did another thirty miles!
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The Purple Helmet
10/09/01 22:30
People may slag em off but that never happened to me with a Shimano set!
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Tim Derbyshire (product tester)
11/09/01 09:02
i can get a whole four miles out of sugino tracer crankset.
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