• All/most the aliexpress cranksets have aluminium spindles (!) too, which no mainstream manufacturer does afaik. Have seen one where through normal usage the spindle has worn and snapped where it comes into contact with BB bearings, leaving customer looking like that famous pic of Fignon.

  • All/most the aliexpress cranksets have aluminium spindles (!) too, which no mainstream manufacturer does afaik

    Many do now with oversize axles. Sram Dub are aluminium, or at least some are. And Rotor too.
    But yeah

  • Forgot about Dub, don't see many of them where I am. Although 90nm+ breakout force to get them off makes me glad that's the case 🙃

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