bradfordbiking.co.uk

My new chainset arrived on time as expected and I have to say, excellent service from chainreaction. Will defiantly be ordering from there again.

So here is where the fun begins. Now if any of you read my other Post with the issue that I had little to no thread inside my crank, making it near impossible to pull my crank off, well this issue just got a whole lot worse. This time I tried to pull it off it striped all of the thread leaving with no thread for the crank puller to grip onto making it impossible for me to remove the crank.

Just places an order for a new crank for my bike after the last incident with tightening up the bottom bracket.

The crank set I ordered is a Downhill RaceFace Diabolus Chainset
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=4191

You may be thinking why a downhill chainset when I rally don’t to down hilling.
Of course it will add unnecessary extra weight to my bike the total weight for the Bottom Bracket rings and crank at a  1197g , but am willing to leave with that.

The model designed for all style mountain biking was only 245 Grams lighter then the Downhill chain set, but the downhill chainset is a lot stronger. And since I have a habit of bashing my chainset of rocks I thought I might as well get one stronger then I need.

I was thinking of trying to compensate the weight by trying to lighten up the load by upgrading other components on my bike, such as forks and handlebars