XTR/ Truvativ Stylo Team Carbon/ FSA Carbon Pro

[Cornelis]

Anybody any experience with the FSA or Stylo Carbon cranks?

What component setup do you run with them, does the Truvativ need SRAM? I assume FSA can run with any Shimano derailers and ringset......

[turtlek]

as long as the derailers move up and down in the proper way any crankset will work with any component setup (except if running the new dura ace or so they say)

[Cornelis]

are they casette specific though, and chain specific?

I am very tempted to take the Truvativ Stylo Team Carbon with XT front, XTR rear and XTR Cassete.....?

[turtlek]

nope not at all i used a ten speed compact FSA Road crank n my mountain bike last year for a few races and no shifting problems at all (no jules not the one on bored girls bike)

[Cornelis]

cool.

any thoughts on which of these three cranks you would choose, you don;t see many carbon mtb cranks out on the dirt.....

[turtlek]

FSA has had problems in the past with the pedals threads pulling loose and i am not too sure about the truvative but i do know that the bontrager carbon cranks are made in the same factory as truvativ and they are pretty awesome cranks out of the two i would go for the truvative though FSA is fine for the road but not too sure about the dirt

[quickdraw]

The Stylo Team Carbons are realy cool, I ran them on my bike with XT/XTR mix.

 

They are pretty stiff and the arms are not full carbon but carbon wrpped so there are no problems with pedal inserts working loose - this used to happen on the FSAs.

[Goodbadugly]

XTR for me all the way. I haven't heard of any bad reports of the M970 crank. Maybe not as cool as the Stylo, but tough as nails.