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Pros & Cons
Pros
This is the best crankset i've owned, very stiff and doesn't flex when pushing hard on the pedals. They have a great feel to them. It's stiff/smooth enough to win at the highest levels of track racing period.
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Quality
This is the best crankset i've owned, very stiff and doesn't flex when pushing hard on the pedals.
Very high quality, lightweight and easy to install crankset.
The arms are made of the highest grade aluminum and take to bike rack rails with abandon.
I'm running the updated gutter seal design and over the course of 1 year have cleaned/re-greased the outside of the bearings on... Read More
Price
Price to performance (4/5)this is where omniums shine strong again, at least at the start.
With cheap $50 cranks, you can even use your hands to feel a bit of flex in the arms.
I was using a basic shimano un54 ($20) bottom bracket on all my square tapered cranks.
Which is expected for an inexpensive not so good bb, you're mainly paying for the cranks here.
Shipping
I sent back the cranks and to my great surprise two days later the omniums arrived.
Packaging/appearance
Came in and it's in great condition.
Also as advertised bought these in black even though the picture shows the silver one if you select the black ones you will rec... Read More
Competitiveness
The sugino rd2 is a noticeable improvement over these cranks, and the njs league of cranks (sugino 75, dura-ace, etc.
At some point, what i think makes a bigger difference, is the axle/bb the cranks use.
Following this same trend, i found the even larger 30mm axle of the bb30 system to be even stiffer along with a narrower q-fact... Read More
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
crank, great, bottom, stiff and black. - Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 16.
- Previous analysis of this listing was an D grade.
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- Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 56.0% of the reviews are reliable.
- This product had a total of 56 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 1 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
In april of 2018 i was hit my a car and it destroyed not only my body but my bike as well
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The cranks pretty good theyre really stiff and darn goodlooking but the 20 bottom bracket that comes stock with it is complete trash
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I would switch it out immediately
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
When i first installed them i noticed a lot of drag but i figured they smooth out after a couple of rides which they did but it still doesnt run as smooth and freely as my previous bb that came stock with my bike
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Which is expected for an inexpensive not so good bb youre mainly paying for the cranks here
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
As im writing this review im actually doing some maintenance on the cups and im noticing that drive side cup bearings are is really rough and after cleaning and regreasing them and reinstalling the cranks they started to make a terrible noise
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Its a true track crankset way ahead of its time that everyone else eventually came around to and followed
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
A lot of people have complained about the bottom bracket seals wearing quickly or there being excess drag
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