Mountain Bike Cranks Guide

Buyer s guide to mountain bike cranksets.

Mountain bike cranks guide. The complete buying guide to bike cranksets for mountain bikes road bikes and bmx the crankset also called the chainset consists of crank arms bottom bracket and chainrings cranksets come in three main formats single double and triple the introduction of huge rear cassettes in recent years. Best mountain bike cranksets review with buying guide shimano xt fc m780 10 speed mountain bike triple crank set 42 32 24 175mm. The default or standard crank arm length is 175mm on mountain bikes and is always measured in millimeters. Single speed crankset 48t 170mm crankarms.

We ve just taken you through an encyclopedic guide teaching you everything you need to know about buying the best crankset for mountain bike. Buyer s guide to mountain bike cranksets. Sram gxp 165mm 48t black omnium track crankset w bb. Remove all crank spacers and wave washer if present.

Mountain bike cranksets are made from two components the chainring and crank arms. When you are upgrading your crankset the materials are worth considering. The burley raceface diablous. They may be made from different components but you can expect carbon aluminium titanium or various types of steel.

Raceface atlas mountain bike crankset stealth 165mm with 83mm bb. Crank arm lengths range from 165 180mm increasing in 5mm increments. If crank has a pre load adjuster measure from the face of the adjuster to the end of the spindle. The key factors to help you get the right crankset include the construction material crank arm length gear ration and chainrings number and the bottom bracket compatibility.

When measuring your spindle length for use with wheels mfg bottom brackets measure overall spindle length from the inner face of one crank arm to the end of the spindle.