I ordered full XTR on the 295, but due to supply chain issues there were no XTR cranks available.
Pace supplied an XTR ring with XT cranks arms, and I rode that until the XTR cranks came in.
However, the XTR crank arms are closer together than the XT ones, and they didn't clear the chain stays enough - they rubbed the rubber chain-slap protector under heavy load.
I swapped back to the XT arms, and had to pop into a shop to borrow their vice to get the ring lock-ring on and off. I noticed that the lock ring said "XTR only" and the other one said "XT and SLX only".
They bike shop clearly DGAF and fitted the XTR one to the XT cranks.
I'm going to put the XTR crank arms that I couldn't use on the 295 on the Madonna, with a newly purchased XTR ring. Will the bike explode if I use the "XT and SLX only" lock ring?
If so, I'll get the XTR one off the 295 and swap it over.
I ordered full XTR on the 295, but due to supply chain issues there were no XTR cranks available.
Pace supplied an XTR ring with XT cranks arms, and I rode that until the XTR cranks came in.
However, the XTR crank arms are closer together than the XT ones, and they didn't clear the chain stays enough - they rubbed the rubber chain-slap protector under heavy load.
I swapped back to the XT arms, and had to pop into a shop to borrow their vice to get the ring lock-ring on and off. I noticed that the lock ring said "XTR only" and the other one said "XT and SLX only".
They bike shop clearly DGAF and fitted the XTR one to the XT cranks.
I'm going to put the XTR crank arms that I couldn't use on the 295 on the Madonna, with a newly purchased XTR ring. Will the bike explode if I use the "XT and SLX only" lock ring?
If so, I'll get the XTR one off the 295 and swap it over.