I have White square tapers on 2 bikes and they have been problem free. I built those bikes from bare frame so I spent $$ for the White cranks. If I was converting an existing bike to ss, I'd use the existing crank, maybe with a narrower spindle and possibly add a wide/narrow chainring. In my experience, cranks are pretty low maintenance (except for the occasional annoying creak), and pretty durable. I've seen broken cranks, but I've never broken one. I've used square taper, and various external bearing cranks, and I don't think I can tell a difference in terms of getting power to the wheel.
jim m walnut creek, ca On Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at 10:02:42 AM UTC-8, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > Bill brings up the excellent point of the meaning of “best value.” To me > value means: provides high ride quality, experience, dependibility, and > longevity at a cost commensorate with the work required to achieve that. > Compass tires are my best value tire, though they cost more per mile than > quite a few tires, simply because the ride quality and experience far > outweighs their higher cost and the (in my experience) slight increase in > flats (since I ride tubes, easily repairable in the field). > > I generally keep coming back to two options, interestingly diametrically > opposed in cost. Sugino, as Bill suggests. Or White Industries MR30. I’ll > keep playing, and I may well ride this full season with the Suginos and > decide after having the option of a full year of bikepacking fixed with the > option of a bailout granny ring. > > With abandon, > Patrick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
