Many pointless warnings but not much help with actual compatibility issues!
For instance, last week I realised that I need to switch my hardtail to shorter cranks because my ankle and knee don’t work right. I almost bought some DUB cranks thinking I’d just change the Hope BB GXP adaptor to the DUB BB adaptor. But silly me, I’d forgotten that DUB is a bigger axle so I need a whole new BB. But that’s a bad idea because I already have a nice Hope BB plus a spare in the same size from another bike - and 24mm BB bearings last longer than 30mm BB bearings so why make things worse?
I’d rather run a steel chainring because they last longer so then began the hunt for a 24mm axle 165mm crank that could fit a 30t steel ring - which would work happily as a singlespeed running 11 speed chains or work with Eagle 12 speed. Shimano SLX looked the way to go but then there seemed to be potential issues with chain and tooth profiles between Shimano and SRAM. More time wasted researching... I think it’ll work but the whole process was infuriating and stupidly overcomplicated and I’m a pretty technical person!
March 21, 2022, 2:44 a.m. - a.funks
Many pointless warnings but not much help with actual compatibility issues! For instance, last week I realised that I need to switch my hardtail to shorter cranks because my ankle and knee don’t work right. I almost bought some DUB cranks thinking I’d just change the Hope BB GXP adaptor to the DUB BB adaptor. But silly me, I’d forgotten that DUB is a bigger axle so I need a whole new BB. But that’s a bad idea because I already have a nice Hope BB plus a spare in the same size from another bike - and 24mm BB bearings last longer than 30mm BB bearings so why make things worse? I’d rather run a steel chainring because they last longer so then began the hunt for a 24mm axle 165mm crank that could fit a 30t steel ring - which would work happily as a singlespeed running 11 speed chains or work with Eagle 12 speed. Shimano SLX looked the way to go but then there seemed to be potential issues with chain and tooth profiles between Shimano and SRAM. More time wasted researching... I think it’ll work but the whole process was infuriating and stupidly overcomplicated and I’m a pretty technical person!