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Permalink Reply by 2Fixed on November 13, 2008 at 11:45am

The Sugino RD 48 is a 130BCD crankset that is pretty damn cheap for a cold forged japanese made crank. It includes an alloy ring (usu 46 or 48t), and chainring bolts and a cap. Like most 3 pc cranksets, they do not include the BB set. Harris cyclery has them, and Velo Orange has em too- alloy ring versions. Some shops sell it with a steel ring- be warned. it's readily available- maybe even an LBS can order it for you. There are cheaper brands- IRO, Bulletproof, etc, but they are usu a melt forged arm. not the same quality or class.

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Permalink Reply by girlmeetsbike on November 13, 2008 at 1:25pm

I agree that the Sugino "messenger cranks" are a good value. Another one to look into is the Pake crankset:
http://store.somafab.com/paketrackcrank.html
165 is easy to get.

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Permalink Reply by Andy Chittenden on November 28, 2008 at 4:30pm

Thanks to you who replied,I managed to get a miche primato 165 with 46 ring, that a local shop had gathering dust,cost 60 quid,with new sprocket and chain 1/8 of course.

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Permalink Reply by buffal0b1ll on March 9, 2009 at 12:11pm

Niagra Cycle Works http://www.niagaracycle.com/ has BulletProof cranks in a variety of sizes for $39 and 110 BCD chainrings that start at $10 and $13.

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Permalink Reply by dushacon on March 9, 2009 at 1:59pm

www.alienbikes.com

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Permalink Reply by a on March 11, 2009 at 11:10pm

I'm also looking into this as well. I was looking into the Sugino messenger crankset/chainring or the suginomessenger cranks coupled with the Kyoto Loco chainring. It is a bit expensive so I may check out the Pake crankset.

The alien website also has some good prices. How is their build quality? I'm doing a conversion, so I may just buy build a wheel up and purchase a hub, cog, and chain from them and a wheel elsewhere.

Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by a on March 13, 2009 at 12:22am

That's just for the chainring though, I need to get a crankset. So I may just go the cheaper route with the Pake.

I'm thinking about purchasing a Velocity Deep V from another store, and building up a wheel with Alienbikes hub and cog. Any word on their build quality? I may want to get a flip hub so I can do a freewheel or different cog size on the other side. What hub would you recommend?

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Permalink Reply by thatdirtykid on March 13, 2009 at 11:07am

On my road fixed I have a fixed/fixed Surly hub, great hub and good price. Something a lot of people don't realize is you can put most free wheels on a track hub. Gives you the option to run fixed free if you choose, or two different fixed gearings.

Austin Grade said:

That's just for the chainring though, I need to get a crankset. So I may just go the cheaper route with the Pake.

I'm thinking about purchasing a Velocity Deep V from another store, and building up a wheel with Alienbikes hub and cog. Any word on their build quality? I may want to get a flip hub so I can do a freewheel or different cog size on the other side. What hub would you recommend?

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Permalink Reply by a on March 13, 2009 at 11:29pm

thatdirtykid said:

On my road fixed I have a fixed/fixed Surly hub, great hub and good price. Something a lot of people don't realize is you can put most free wheels on a track hub. Gives you the option to run fixed free if you choose, or two different fixed gearings.

Austin Grade said:

That's just for the chainring though, I need to get a crankset. So I may just go the cheaper route with the Pake.

I'm thinking about purchasing a Velocity Deep V from another store, and building up a wheel with Alienbikes hub and cog. Any word on their build quality? I may want to get a flip hub so I can do a freewheel or different cog size on the other side. What hub would you recommend?

Well I realize I can put a freewheel on a track threaded hub, but I'd like to have one on each side, which most track hubs don't offer. So I'm debating what I should do.

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