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Fri, 23 Dec 2005
My knees are safe again - 13:42

New RaceFace/SRAM drivetrain (Full Size)
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After trying to
destroy my knees
and hurt myself the other week, I finally got around to purchasing a new
drivetrain for my hardtail. 2005 RaceFace Evolve XC cranks with an external
bottom bracket with the axle attached to the left crank. SRAM PG970 cluster
(SRAM finally for 2005 started releasing clusters with a 30 to 34 jump at the
top rather than the silly 28 to 34 they used to have) and a SRAM PC991 chain.
I bought the chain at Mals for
AUD $50, however the retail price for the crankset in Australia is over AUD
$400 so I really could not bring myself to buy that here. The cluster costs
around AUD $100 here, so I ended up ordering both cluster and crankset/bottom
bracket from the US.
Universal Cycles had good prices
so I tried them out. It cost me around AUD $250 for the crankset and cassette
including shipping to Australia. They sent it out on Monday and it arrived at
work today, considering this is the silly season that is pretty good. Now I
will be able to ride the hardtail again next week, wheeeeee.
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