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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.
Performance (5/5)these cranks are the stiffest track cranks i've used.
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.
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
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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 65.2% of the reviews are reliable.
- This product had a total of 56 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 30 2024.
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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
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Im running the updated gutter seal design and over the course of 1 year have cleanedregreased the outside of the bearings once which took all of 1 minute
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The bearings themselves are not really replaceable but thats okay since you can get a new bottom bracket for 30 and install it with one tool in about 1 minute
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
There are no rounding off issues like with square taper bbs and nobody denies that these are stiffer
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The arms are made of the highest grade aluminum and take to bike rack rails with abandon
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The negatives the finish is a bit poor in black
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Mine has warn a good amount on the drive side from road use
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