Question about upgrading Crux Comp crankset

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Permalink Reply by Geoffrey Grosenbach on December 13, 2012 at 8:15am

What about the crankset are you unhappy with?

I have a BB30 Van Dessel and am looking forward to the range of Chris King bottom brackets that will be released at the beginning of 2013. BB30 bearings wear out super fast and I hope King's will be better.

Your choice of crank may be affected by those options.

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Permalink Reply by seth lincoln on December 13, 2012 at 8:20am

I'm not especially unhappy with the current crankset, but I've got a Red crank on my road bike and it's the one component where I'm noticing a difference between a mediocre part and something a bit nicer.  The Red crank on my roadbike is much stiffer and just feels better in general.  Again though I just want to make sure I get all the right parts when I do upgrade...

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Permalink Reply by JesseD on December 13, 2012 at 1:37pm

"it sounds like I need to remove the adapters, get a BB30 crankset and have BB30 bearings pressfit in - is this correct? ( Yes this is correct, best choice!) Or can I just buy a standard english crankset and swap it out with the existing one?"...  The BB30 adapters basically make your crank spindle, 24mm ,fit within the BB30 bearings, to my knowledge there is not a temporary BB30 to 24 threaded adapted to use threaded bottom bracket bearings. I think there are some that press into the BB30 shell BUT I hear once done you are committed to 24mm cranks for the life of your frame.  I would recommend a really solid BB30 crank set and just cut to the chase and take advantage of the technology.

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