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IN DEPTH REVIEW OF THE PRAXIS ZAYANTE CRANKS | Herbalife 24 Team

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New on our team bikes for 2017 are the Zayante road cranks. These sleek looking cranks have been popping up all over the cycling media and getting rave reviews from outlets like BikeRadar, Cycling Weekly, and CyclingNews. Now that I’ve had them on my bike for 6 months, it’s time to add my in-depth review into the mix. I can’t start talking about the cranks withought first talking about Praxis as a company. They’re based in Santa Cruz and have been around for 10 years. They’re known in the area as the hippest and raddest company around. These guys know...

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An introduction to T47 Bottom Brackets

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T47 Bottom bracket on a Cielo Racer Disc 2017 Chris King says the solution for creaky press-fit bottom brackets is good old-fashioned threads.  Here, we have 3 types, the ThreadFit24 (BSA) the ThreadFit30 (For BSA to Oversized spindles) and the latest Open standard, T47 (Basically a PF30 with Threads)The intention of the T47 is to provide an oversize bottom bracket shell for compatibility with many crank axle variants, and generous real-estate for oversized frame tubes (light, stiff, etc.), but with a quiet and user-friendly threaded cups.The "open" standard means anyone can use it. The standard is designed to allow most...

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Chris King Clearance Sale! (Discontinued Colours only - FROM 25% OFF)

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As Chris King releases their new colours for 2017, we need to make room for the new Matte Black, Matte Slate and the new limited edition Matte Emerald. These Chris King Components listed in our 'Dark Deals' section feature Discontinued colours only which are priced to move (from 25% OFF) and prove a great opportunity for you to purchase some of the best US-made, legendary bearings at a crazy bargain, whether you're looking to collect or refresh your bike with some of these limited, now-discontinued colours, or to replace some pre-exisitng parts that have reached the end of their usable life.  Discontinued colours available: Green Sour Apple Pewter Pink Gold Chris King Sale Items: Headsets...

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PRAXIS BB30 TO GXP CONVERSION BOTTOM BRACKET

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We first found out about and sought after the Praxis Works Conversion BB when our Turner RFX arrived for testing and we realised that it had a BB30 shell.  Since we only had SRAM GXP cranks on hand and we also have an aversion to the BB30 system in general, we reached out to Praxis Works to see if their solution could get us out of our current quagmire.  Fortunately they obliged.  Read on to see how it treated us over the last few months.   Specs For SRAM™/Truvativ™/Quarq GXP™/ISIS2STEEL Spindle, also Oval Concepts 400 series MTN cranks. Designed precisely to SRAM bearing stance & chain line spec. Forged...

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Sea Otter Classics: Praxis Carbon Wheels and Cranks

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Praxis recently started making some fancy new carbon bits. First with Cranks and now with complete wheelsets. Starting with the wheelset, they took a custom, 3mm offset layup and laced it to DT 350 Hubs. Well, not any old DT 350 hubs. They had custom shells made with taller flanges to support their 2X lacing patter all around, minus the radial front drive side wheel. The wheels are 32mm internal and 38mm external. One of the coolest features we noticed is the flat valve shell. Pics of it can be found below after the specs. No more slow leaking valves....

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