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Fri, 23 Dec 2005

My knees are safe again - 13:42
New RaceFace/SRAM drivetrain
New RaceFace/SRAM drivetrain (Full Size)
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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