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Just a cautionary word about the DD1's - I had read a report online of someones NDS crank arm slipping down the axle over a couple weeks/months. I checked my set which had been fitted for just under 3 months and saw that it had happened too. This slippage had somehow caused the rubber drive-side bearing seal to pop off and was looped around the BB shell.
I think this had happened due to not cranking down the NDS crank bolts enough - I don't have a torque wrench and was a little worried about going ape on a brand new pair of cranks...but have since replaced the BB and cranked down plenty on the bolts and not had any issue so far..
sqwonk-
Thanks for the heads up!
External BBs are new to me. They do ask for unnaturally large amounts of torque (~15nM) for such small bolts. I have a wrench that only goes to 10, the extra I did by feel so I'll keep an eye on it.
So far so good.@e54 Thanks man. The Hydra are painted but I think it will come off with acetone.. but I like the look the plus there isn't much else to look at with no paint! haha.
alibi
^ yeah man, very unfortunate. It was a pretty great look.
Have to say, it's been hard to get my hands on decent black cranks.
I was hesitant about getting Omniums due to potential for clearance issues but by chance I found Sugino had listed their remaining DD1 stock at a discount. Still not cheap, mind, but peace of mind. Don't reckon I will complain much about this setup.
Hopefully have some time this weekend to do the axle swap and put it all together.