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  • On the subject of NW and bcd...

    Did any square taper cranks come with 104bcd? My noob search only seemed to turn up more modern style cranksets with integrated axles.

    Edit: scrub that. As is usually the case when I ask a question I then find my own answers. There's a current set by Thorn. There are numerous Chinese sets on eBay. Doesn't look like there are any classic or retro sets, however.

    Reason I asked is a lot of my tools and bike bits are at work and I can't get them until July because of 12-week isolation. Looking at what I can bodge up in the meantime with the square taper BBs I have here that I can sell on later without losing too much $$$ in the process. E.g. can't justify £30 on cheap Chinese cranks that will only be good for the bin/Freecycle after I've used them.

  • I think some XT-M75X variant was square taper still? But yeah, there's definitely some around.

  • some XT-M75X

    FC-M750 was square taper, it came in two flavours, -5 94/58 5-bolt and -4 104/64 4-bolt. The latter seems to have been more popular.
    Not that I'd go looking for a set of 20 year old MTB cranks, they're either going to be destroyed or NOS and priced to account for the fact that the people who lusted after them as teenagers are now in lavishly compensated management jobs🙂

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