Fresh Goods Sunday - Praxis - eCrank Set - Specialized Creo M30 Road - Carbon 172.5mm Part no - PR-EC-M30RD-1725C

 

I first seen these crank arms in the flesh at Biketreks Ings on an S Worsks Creo (which they still have after many years) and thought to myself by they would look like on my Creo. After buying my second Creo and using it for road use only I decided to purchase a pair of these bling carbon Praxis arms. As ever with everything in the bike parts market the rpp has gone up over the years and are now an eye watering £280 for the pair. Yes that is an astronomical amount of money for two semi mass produced cranks arms. I have paid less than that in the past for a full blown carbon chainset inc bottom bracket. Anyway they come in a box with a lovely foam cut out insert keeping them apart. The quality of the arms looks and feels brilliant. They are  highly lacquered and polished. Fitting is simple enough - remove your pedals from your old crank arms. Insert a 8mm long alley key as the existing ones are on tight from the factory. Crank the allen bolt and the arms will wind off. Clean the bb axle and surrounding area. The new crank arms come pre greased with a blue grease. I put some copper slip on the threads on the inside of the bb axle. Locate the crank arms onto the spins and tighten up the bolt to the correct torque setting 20Nm. Refit your pedals and your ready for the off. They look way better than the standard chucky alu Praxis model and you save a few grams- 68g (pair) on 172.5mm version - 34g per arm. Not that you ever notice that when riding in a million years. Another plus point is there is more heel clearance on the face of the arm. I did check the q factor as it looked a lot narrower but they are exactly the same as the alu version. After a few rides I cannot tell of any performance gains and I cannot feel any difference when riding but they look a lot better on the bike. 

RRP £280 and I paid £280 from Upgrade Bikes inc next day delivery 

Manufacturers Blurb - 

• For Specialized eBikes with “SL 1.1” motor using Praxis M30 spindle/spline.
• ROAD VERSION  -165/170/172.5/175 lengths. (For Creo SL family of bikes)
• MTN VERSION-160/165/170 lengths w/rubber boots. (For Levo SL family of bikes)
• M30 Alloy main crank bolt with self-extractor | 8mm Allen for Install/Removal | 50Nm torque
• Road 172.5 weight 340g   |   MTN 165mm weight 350g

MOTORS -  Check your Specialized motor spindle type.  These carbon eCranks are made for Specialized eBikes with "SL1.1" motors with M30 spindle interface.    (See spindle Pic above)

MAIN BOLT - The "M30/SL" eCranks with M30 spline use our M30 alloy Main bolt/Self extractor. 

Q- All eBike motors have different width spindles and this directly affects the Qfactor when the crank is installed.  The Qfactor when you install this eCrank on these motors :

• Q = 182mm :  When installed on LEVO SL or CREO SL family of bikes

Praxis warrants components to be free from defects in materials or workmanship for a period of 2 years after original purchase to the original owner.  However, there are limitations such as normal wear and tear…as “nothing lasts forever” so please read our full Warranty Page.

Ushaw Moor Car Show & some bike fettling

 

Yesterday was the Ushaw car show up at the old College which has been took over now and is a lot more commercial. This is first time we have been to show and was a cracking few hours out enjoying the display of vehicles etc. I did not take that many photos as I was too busy looing at the vehicles. There was a great mix from all era's and some custom cars. There was not enough catering vans etc and the two cafes in Ushaw college was not very well sign posted in fact there was one that we did not know was even there. Only one set of toilets in the main building! nothing on the show field that we could see. What made me laugh was people were wanting to show there car and said the limit was reached months ago but they squashed all the vehicles in and left nearly 1/2 the field empty! They should have spaced them out more or let another 200 vehicles come in, crackers. 

And onto some bike fettling - I have changed my tyres on my road Creo and fitted some new Panaracer Gravelking slick  plus 700 x 35c tyres 

I also splashed out and bought another pair of Praxis carbon crank arms for my gravel Creo, so both my Creo's now have the same crank arms. 

Sunny local loop around Durham and a big over the bars for me

 

Well it was another beautiful morning so I was up and out on the Cube E mtb for a one of my local loops down to Durham, Over to Maiden Castle, Up the Trod then back around Durham then home via Frankland and The Sands. The wind was not as strong today so made it feel warmer but the Garmin never reached double figures. I had the biggest off for a good few years out the back of Sherburn road coming down the edge of the field. I think I was enjoying the speed too much and my front wheel drifted off into the ditch I and I went straight over bars into 3 ft of nettles! It fairly took the wind out of me and not too mention I was stinging from head to toe from the nettle bits. On the plus side I managed not to put any holes in my clothing and the bike was ok. It was a slow and steady ride back home from there. Enjoy a few snaps below. All in 14.5 miles in 1 hour 8 mins with 700ft of climbing. Enjoy and hopefully more soon -