Nice - I was not familiar with Spa cycles - may end up going that route. On Friday, November 7, 2025 at 12:53:44 PM UTC-5 Garth wrote:
> > Even with the any extra import fees, the Spa Cycles house brand cranks > offer all that the Crust does at a fraction of the cost. Plus they're > normal cranks, take any 110/74 ring. Forged 2014 alloy. Also, you can get > just the arms and they sell rings for TA, Stronglight and the own Spa > brand. > > https://www.spacycles.co.uk/m8b0s109p0/Drivetrain/Chainsets > In particular the TD-2 cranks, available as doubles or triples. > > That gets me think, why is it the UK has some wonderful online retailers > for selling the kind of parts we here use ? Spa Cycles and SJS Cycles in > particular. > > > > On Friday, November 7, 2025 at 10:58:50 AM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > >> Achieve the same results with any early 90s mtb crankset.... >> >> >> >> On Thursday, November 6, 2025 at 2:00:12 PM UTC-5 [email protected] >> wrote: >> >>> Anyone out there running these cranks? Trying to decide between these >>> and Rivendell Silver 1 as I move to 170mm cranks. >>> >>> On Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at 4:33:33 PM UTC-4 Mike Godwin wrote: >>> >>>> There are some older 110/74 Suguino cranks out there that have the same >>>> arm profile as the Crust and Logic without the drip tip on the NDS arm. >>>> See >>>> 'em on fleabay, but I cannot recall the model name. I have one in the >>>> parts >>>> hoard that came off my BMC Monstercross. Spider arms are not quite as >>>> svelte, but the arms aren't "swoled" out either. >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at 11:57:55 AM UTC-7 raw_meet wrote: >>>> >>>>> Man that brown looks good, opens up some cool build possibilities. I >>>>> really don't like the crust branding but it's not the most offensive i've >>>>> seen from them. >>>>> >>>>> On Saturday, September 14, 2024 at 11:20:37 AM UTC-4 Johnny Alien >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> That is how I saw it when I looked at it. Thats why the description >>>>>> points out that the outer ring sits in a middle ring position. The ring >>>>>> is >>>>>> not inset its built up for nice appearance. I assume any standard ring >>>>>> will >>>>>> work mounted in the middle position. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Saturday, September 14, 2024 at 9:45:47 AM UTC-4 >>>>>> [email protected] wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I dunno, I bet a normie 110 outer ring could work even with the >>>>>>> countersink. I wonder if the extra machining, which I first speculated >>>>>>> as >>>>>>> an offset (ala bikingreen chainrings) to push the ring more inbound, is >>>>>>> like actually meant to make the ring have a more "flush" look with the >>>>>>> crank spider >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm curious if the 110 spider configuration is more akin to the >>>>>>> Sugino OX601D/Dixna/IRD Lobo type of cranks, where the 110 chainring >>>>>>> just >>>>>>> sits behind the spider, but then crust wanted to pretty it up a bit >>>>>>> with >>>>>>> the hearts and some bump-out material for a more flush look? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> [image: IRD Lobo Crankarms & BB silv.jpeg] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> all of this is just fun conjecture that a 2 minute call to crust >>>>>>> might wrap up- but hey, that's the innernet baby! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> maybe the funniest thing to do would be: get a blue splatter crust >>>>>>> crank. then put an ol bronze suntour 110 chainring or a biopace ring. >>>>>>> and >>>>>>> maybe a purple ano'd avid microdrive adapter with a 20t inner ring. I >>>>>>> won't >>>>>>> do this but it's humorous to me to imagine that setup >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -brent, having a nice time online ◡̈ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Saturday, September 14, 2024 at 12:40:33 AM UTC-4 >>>>>>> [email protected] wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Ah to be young again. These old knees are now on 165mm cranks with >>>>>>>> 36/22 chainrings. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 5:54 PM Brent Knepper < >>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> from crust bikes, the bicycle company, end'a week email: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> "The Heartbreaker Crankset is our take on a slim arm compact >>>>>>>>> double. We drew from the classic Ritchey Logic cranksets to get the >>>>>>>>> slim >>>>>>>>> arm profile with a high offset. The high offset in the arms makes it >>>>>>>>> so you >>>>>>>>> can run a shorter bottom bracket than with most square taper cranks." >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> it's a 2x 42/26 crank, 170 arm length only >>>>>>>>> the big chainring's dedicated to the *inside* of a 110bcd spider >>>>>>>>> and a lil guy on 74bcd inner bolts. square taper and they recommend >>>>>>>>> starting at 110/113 spindle length. they say forged aluminum, curious >>>>>>>>> if >>>>>>>>> that's cold forged or melt forged? cute heart cutouts ◡̈ >>>>>>>>> silver/black, or >>>>>>>>> blue splatter ano or a rich brown, and minimal branding >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> $240 though ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ >>>>>>>>> <https://crustbikes.com/products/crust-heart-crankset?variant=49618342084919> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> [image: unnamed (7).jpg] >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> outer chainring setup reminds me of like a mix of the Dixna LA >>>>>>>>> crank spider and the Bikingreen chainrings inner offset, with added >>>>>>>>> hearts, >>>>>>>>> but the arm shape is hella similar to ol ritchey logiq cranks. wonder >>>>>>>>> what >>>>>>>>> the chainline is like on a 110 spindle? prolly can't run these as a >>>>>>>>> triple >>>>>>>>> but there's at least one person coming to mind who might take that as >>>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>>> challenge >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> anyway: fun! interesting! wild to think two new slim, silver, >>>>>>>>> 110bcd cranks are coming out in 2024 (these crustinis and the new riv >>>>>>>>> silverers) >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> also these are probably the antithesis of all the low-Q >>>>>>>>> experimentations going on in the rbw/ibob goog-group world :) >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -Brent, hudval, still chaotically puttin JIS triples on 102mm >>>>>>>>> campy BBs jff >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> 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 [email protected]. >>>>>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8b3747cf-5e13-4d89-8bee-b7f148d7276cn%40googlegroups.com >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8b3747cf-5e13-4d89-8bee-b7f148d7276cn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>>>>> . >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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