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Damn that's cool.

You could also just put a MTB spider on a SRAM road crankset.

That is frigging sweet. About time someone did something like that! Sounds like they aren't going to sell them publicly/on the internet/whatever which is a real shame

@Jaap I was very close to buying an MTB spider but I'm lucky I didn't, @popdown tried it and they didn't fit:

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/321558/?offset=50#comment14308430

Tragedy!

Aren't that MTB crank arms?

Tragedy though, looked like such a nice hack.

BTW I'm quite sure these are the wider models that would fit:

Looks like road spider on MTB cranks, yeah. Maybe the other way round it'd work as the MTB cranks are a bit burlier than road ones. One of those things where unfortunately you need the parts in hand to know...

A guy in this thread has an interesting suggestion:

yes, it physically fits. the chain line will be a touch off. I think you may need to use one from the same spindle type tho..ie both bb30 or both gxp cranks.

loads of info here too:

http://www.peterverdone.com/spider-attack/

I think it could be done, it's just that you have to buy the right parts or you're going to end up with bits that don't fit which you have to return or sell again. Also ideally you don't want to get stuck with SRAM's 120/80 BCD I suppose.

Edit: you could take a risk and file the lip off the spider I guess

Yeah interesting stuff, seen most of this. The MTB spider has a chainline that is 3mm wider/bigger. You could fix that with the early BB30 SRAM cranksets that have a 2,5mm smaller/shorter chainline..

So much to try out, so little time to do it all :)

I was trying a slightly narrower mtb spider on carbon mtb cranks. There must be at least 3 different crank cutout widths out there! If you have road cranks then I imagine all spiders would fit but look a bit gappy.

The dangle is on point, though.

But not Ti.. so almost on point*
you of all should know ;)

Haha :)

I know I've posted it recently, but this thread is home and it's loaded up in this pic. Also, new tyres. This dragged my sorry arse down to Bristol in what was probably the hardest ride I've ever done at the end of last week. It didn't miss a beat.

but this thread is home

Word.

Bike looks dialed. How was Bristol? And how do you like the tyres?

Thank you! It works, but everything kind of still needs finished. It's all a bit cobbled together and there are a lot of little things I just never got around to doing. Steerer being the obvious one.

The tyres were great, the route was mostly tarmac with some gravel, some horrendous tarmac and bits of mud and I felt secure enough on them. My knee has been ruined since the ride though, so no chance to properly get a feel for the rolling resistance yet - been pootling at ~15kmph on the commute.

And Bristol was great thanks, didn't spend any time in the city, I was riding to Arctangent Festival where I spent my weekend exhausted with sore legs. Saw some phenomenal bands and bumped into forumer @rogan too which was cool.

That's an MTB rear derailleur right? And Sora shifters. Shimano's 9 speed stuff all works together? That would be interesting to know.

Edit: Alivio derailleurs apparently. Nice ratios.

its an OTP: https://bikerumor.com/2018/08/20/trek-updates-legendary-520-touring-bike-with-new-frame-fork-more/

Plus I never bother reading the documentation, just ask @Alb

7/8/9 and 10-road are all compatible for Shimano. It's a shame they never made a 9-speed clutch mech. But 10-speed road shifters and 9-speed MTB mech is a popular combo.

7/8/9 and 10-road are all compatible for Shimano

Except for Tiagra 4700 which uses the 11-spd cable pull, because Shimano.