No worries, I wouldn't think it was you. There is one single author on another, colorful, bike website that banned me from commenting on his articles... but I've been reading your words (in print) for probably a decade and half, I wouldn't expect that kind of behavior.
Maybe there are some algorithms having an effect at what we each see, but also maybe you nailed it with taking cranks off the list. I've personally never had a crank problem*, but also can't deny I see a decent amount of them posted.
The carbon carnage is definitely a thing, but I've also witnessed carbon cranks being beat to hell and back and still holding on, so YMMV as usual. Of course, my pedals and cranks after 2 years look about 4 times that age, so I'll likely never pick carbon or hollow alloy because my local trails require much pedaling through jank, mucho crank strikes are just part of the ride.
\* Unless you count besides 100 kilos causing gently bent XC cranks after 5 years of all-mountain beating, many 165 and 170mm cranks being just 175s or even 180s drilled shorter thus negating a bunch of the clearance bonus of short cranks, and it being harder to find decent 104 BCD options for bashguard usage.
Feb. 24, 2022, 2:59 p.m. - Justin White
No worries, I wouldn't think it was you. There is one single author on another, colorful, bike website that banned me from commenting on his articles... but I've been reading your words (in print) for probably a decade and half, I wouldn't expect that kind of behavior. Maybe there are some algorithms having an effect at what we each see, but also maybe you nailed it with taking cranks off the list. I've personally never had a crank problem*, but also can't deny I see a decent amount of them posted. The carbon carnage is definitely a thing, but I've also witnessed carbon cranks being beat to hell and back and still holding on, so YMMV as usual. Of course, my pedals and cranks after 2 years look about 4 times that age, so I'll likely never pick carbon or hollow alloy because my local trails require much pedaling through jank, mucho crank strikes are just part of the ride. \* Unless you count besides 100 kilos causing gently bent XC cranks after 5 years of all-mountain beating, many 165 and 170mm cranks being just 175s or even 180s drilled shorter thus negating a bunch of the clearance bonus of short cranks, and it being harder to find decent 104 BCD options for bashguard usage.