Hawk Posted March 29, 2010 Share Which are the stiffest cranksets you have ever ridden?Personally, I think the Cannondale Hollowgram SL BB30, what do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javadude Posted March 29, 2010 Share How can you tell the difference in stiffness by just riding them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techguy Posted March 29, 2010 Share You can't, the Cannondale Hollowgram are claimed to be the lightest and stiffest, not the stiffest...it all comes down to weight, you could make a set of cranks that are by far the stiffest but may weigh 2kg's so all of them are compared by stiffness to weight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pappa Bear Posted March 29, 2010 Share Shimano Saint 165mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
100Tours Posted March 29, 2010 Share Which IS the stiffest crankset.. or Which ARE the stiffest cranks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mak-daddy Posted March 29, 2010 Share easton EC90 then the Zipp i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk Posted March 29, 2010 Share Which IS the stiffest crankset.. or Which ARE the stiffest cranks. I ARE Souwf African orI IS Souwf African? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyr249 Posted March 29, 2010 Share Which IS the stiffest crankset.. or Which ARE the stiffest cranks. I ARE Souwf African orI IS Souwf African? I AM South African!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big J-WP Posted March 29, 2010 Share Really does not matter which crank is the stiffest unless you ride a stiff frame, it's pointless have a super record crand on a cr@ppy cheap carbon frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javadude Posted March 29, 2010 Share Lets say we can test each crank set out on exactly the same extremely stiff carbon frame. Will a rider a be able to feel the difference between them, or is this just more marketing mumbo jumbo to try get us to buy certain products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spark Posted March 29, 2010 Share No rider will feel the diff. It's sales talk. How much flex can there be on a crank? 0.5mm???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christie Posted March 29, 2010 Share Quite a nice crank test was done a while back by Jason of Fairwheelbikes.com. He pre-loaded the cranks with 50lb (22.7kg), and then added another 200lb (90.7kg), and measured the deflection of the drive and non-drive side. the EE prototype crank was the stiffest tested. Its ugly & I don't think it made it to the market, yet.2nd was the FSA SL-K ligth (old design)3d = SRAM Red4th = DuraAce 78005th = Campy Record Best stiffness to weight ratio were:1. EE prototype2. THM Clavicula3. Storck Power arms4. Zipp VumaQuad5. Campy Record Cannondale cranks were not included in the test. Eastons were in the middle of the field, more or less For full test, list of cranks included, pics, etc, go here:http://fairwheelbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=77&t=5468&p=72616&hilit=crank+test#p72616 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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