Quote Originally Posted by Catriona View Post
I've been eying these and some of the reviews I'm finding on the net are mixed... I like that they're carbon, made in every size (getting nice 165 or 167.5 mm cranks can be hard), and they've got a 52,36 compact option instead of the 50, 34... (I really like a 52/53 outer chain ring instead of the 50) A couple have been claiming that the bottom brackets are a bit more exposed to the elements than others.

a few people are saying the chain rings are really flexy - I'm assuming that these are probably stronger bigger guys than I am, but before I spend that much money on a crankset I thought I'd check what everyone else's experiences are.

Thanks!
I have the SRAM Red crankset with their Black Box ceramic bottom bracket on my Look 595 with 165mm crankarms...I have the compact 50/34 chainrings on it.

I have had zero problems. The bottom bracket is no more 'exposed' than my bike with Dura-Ace 7800 groupset.

As far as flexy...only for the strongest of the strong professional riders. There are a COUPLE professionals that run SRAM Rival cranks because they're among the stiffest cranks on the market. But all the other pros use Dura-Ace...Record...and Red. If some amateur TdF wannabe or local Cat X loser on some board is saying their flexy...he/she is an idiot just blowing smoke.

The Red cranks are actually one of the stiffest light weight cranks on the market: http://www.fairwheelbikes.com/forum/...hp?f=77&t=5468