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Yeah, I've been looking for a single 165 crank arm and dang, they be rare.

i could imagine being beat to death with a carbon hardtail on carbon wheels.. but i'd rather not. my aggressive geo aluminum HT has aluminum rims and it's super fun to rip down dark blues and blacks. anyway, i have carbon wheelsets on my DC, enduro, and freeride rigs. all carbon frames. 2 of which have coil shocks. here's a little experiment you can perform in just a few moments.. take an old, fiberglass or aluminum fishing rod, use it for a couple minutes at your favorite hole, then switch to a full boron/carbon rod and report back.

I upgraded a couple of years ago. I thought a lot of the hype was marketing and fashions reviews. That all ended on my first rip on a trail I am very familiar with. I won’t go into the details bc most of you have already did your own research. I will put in a plug for Spoke X. I went with their enduro set with I9 Hydra hubs (not the lightest or the heaviest) 1350 was well worth the cost. I’ve put lots of miles and jumps on this wheel set and still trued.

montain biking and road biking is all fashion statement look at me buzz

Weight difference of the wheels?

Carbon wheels are not the best thing to upgrade on your bike

I bet that intense also has a haughty lisp during light braking...

Yes carbon is nice but I don’t think it’s that big a deal having a carbon wheel set.

*"If you want to make a permanent change, stop focusing on the size of your problems and start focusing on the size of you!"* ---T. Harv Eker

You can upgrade 370 hubs to any of the DT ratchet systems for a reasonable price, and you don't have to re-lace the wheel.

Glad for you! It's always nice to follow your upgrades you have the excitement of xmas in every episode 😊 I have much respect that side of MTB it's part of the fun I spent winters as a teen pimpin my bike for incremental gains, now it's just me trying to keep things going with two kids and mtb + dirtbikes for everyone 😅

Your impressions are pretty similar to mine when I made the switch from aluminum to carbon rims. I probably wouldn't have bothered with such an expensive upgrade, but after a year of moderate/aggressive riding I had actually caused several micro-hairline cracks in my aluminum rims! I was surprised because I'm really not all that much of a gonzo-gnar-jumpline rider. Anyway, after installing the carbon rims I noticed right away the lighter, snappier, stiffer feel of the bike. Plus they do seem pretty bombproof though I realize they certainly are not, lol! After well over a year of heavy use, they are sadly dinged up a bit but that comes with the territory. They still feel as good as the first day they were installed. Hope I get MANY more years out of them!

I definitely agree that now is the time to upgrade to carbon wheels. Trying to decide if I upgrade the Gravel bike or the MTB. Your time would have been much faster if you lined up the valve stem with the logo though, lol. love watching your videos, keep em coming.

I'm a 67 year old overweight guy with bad ankles and knees. My Doctor said I need to exercise, lose weight and work on conditioning. Now I Ebike 5 or 6 days a week for 45 minutes to 90 minute at a time. When I ride I work at keeping my heartrate at 125-135. I don't care how fast I go. I much prefer trails to roads. At this point I can say that the Ebike is saving my life.

Eyyyy I have Goldix as well 😂

Interesting content. But seriously invest in better Allen wrenches. Kills me to watch you assemble a bike with throwaway L wrenches 😊

I wonder about tire balance with things like this. We balance car tires with single oz weights. They are similar in dia and much heaver. Seems like at 30-40mph you would feel this.

Im picturing some poor guy locking his bike through the wheel and returning to a bike less air tagged wheel.

It's all well and good trying an ali express crank to just check out a new length. But had you watched the multitude of reviews of how cheap copies cut corners, snap, don't fit, wear out in 2 seconds. I would not be trying to convince people to take up these parts of the basis of daily drivers. There are other cheaper end stuff that are not trying to rip off other companies with cheap shoddy work which unfortunately is 90% of ali express. Some stuff is downright dangerous.

Fortunately I don't live in th UK I can leave my bike unattended for a couple of minutes but that's interesting 😅

You’re very very dumb! I love my 360 go. 😊😊😊😊🎉

Absolutely hell yes!

I had a bike stolen back in early 2020 while in Las Vegas, it was locked on my bike rack directly in front of the hotel lobby. Fortunately I had renters insurance and ended up with a better bike..but takes months to sort it out.

The same failure occurred for me! The bolt is cast aluminum and needs to be forged aluminum so that it can withstand torque required to tighten crank arms.

Install with swap cz inner, outer install not swap

Great Video!

Is there a link to purchase these cranks, would mind trying them on my commuter

Nice, I bet they upgrade them thanks to your fine review.

With the tapered axle part being so short, it is likely that it bottoms out and starts to press against the bolt too early. No amount of torque will then help, because any extra torque will not cause the tapered surfaces to move - they've already bottomed out! That extra torque will only tension the bolt threads.

Nope, wouldn't even waste the time.....fun vid.though....lol!

Get your money back.

The biggest explanation is Chinesium "metal", Be worth going for a torque up without grease though. Theres 2 torque settings, wet torque and dry torque. Wet torque is normally lower than dry due to increased pressure from the grease/oil/fluid medium. Admittedly they still shouldnt have snapped so easily

It's like the spindle/crank interface is missing those flat wedges like some bmx cranks have

We have set. They are going on the test machine. We will send you the results. 🤣

What’s wrong with 36T? With how big first gear cogs are getting, 36T seems pretty short

U seen the fake xo transmission sram crank.. Allieexpress...steel splind i think like your deore with pinch bolt.

U seen the fake xo transmission sram crank.. Allieexpress...steel splind i think like your deore with pinch bolt.

Cast from low grade aluminum, not forged nor heat treated. Basically made of cheese.

5dev cant even make theirs correctly, ill be damned to trust a knockoff one.

5dev cranks are garbage and brake all the tme, so I'm sure knock offs are even worse. Any company that doesn't allow comments on posts is covering something up. Stay away from 5dev.

The ones (evosid branded) I got are on my beater hardtail, the spindle is DUB sized came with the boos 6mm of spacers total, they are tight in place. Okay this bike didn't see much use but everything is still tight, torqued to 40 nm I guess QC is an issue, who would have thought 😂

I apologize those are garbage. You know you know what they would look nice in the trashcan because they fell. You were right I apologize.

I mean, if you just riding in the trail because you wanna show show off stuff if you’re showing off your skills rather than a comp

Why do you feel dirty? He didn’t make him I mean they’re just cranks dude use them. I look pretty as long as they perform. Well that’s all that really matters.

Thanks for sharing this!

Products like this have to be removed from online marketplaces. It's claiming it's something it's not, and its dangerously bad. I don't have anything against brands that make their won product, and sell it cheap, but plagiarism, and dangerous products have no place on the market.

0:54 Keep in mind that if it's a 44mm head tube you can install external lower cup to be able to install a tapered fork.

What made you choose a 2-degree angleset over other options like 0.5, 1, or 1.5 degrees? Is the Wolf Tooth angleset significantly better? Also, did you use the short or long version, and did the ZS56 fit on your Himalo frame?