Shimano Cranks

Anyone know if there's any difference between the new LX M580 cranks and the
new HONE cranks beyond just the color? Shimano markets LX as a "on/off road
and XC" and HONE other as "all mountain/enduro" (WTF that means!) They
weigh in within 1 gram and appear identical except for color.

I'm seeing an occaisional good deal pop up on ebay for both these cranksets,
but haven't seen much written about either one. The XT version of the
hollowtech II's seem to be well regarded, but pricey as hell. I actually
like the all black look of the Hone cranks (even if the name sucks), and may
just grab some.

Tom

tcmedara wrote:
Anyone know if there's any difference between the new LX M580 cranks and the
new HONE cranks beyond just the color? Shimano markets LX as a "on/off road
and XC" and HONE other as "all mountain/enduro" (WTF that means!) They
weigh in within 1 gram and appear identical except for color.

I'm seeing an occaisional good deal pop up on ebay for both these cranksets,
but haven't seen much written about either one. The XT version of the
hollowtech II's seem to be well regarded, but pricey as hell. I actually
like the all black look of the Hone cranks (even if the name sucks), and may
just grab some.

Tom



Just ****mano tying to make more $$$ by expanding the line. If you are
going LX level, you might as well pick the cheapest one anyway. I think
the Hone is hollowtech, but I am not sure HT made it do the LX level yet.

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Ride-A-Lot wrote:
tcmedara wrote:
Anyone know if there's any difference between the new LX M580
cranks and the
new HONE cranks beyond just the color? Shimano markets LX as a
"on/off road
and XC" and HONE other as "all mountain/enduro" (WTF that means!)
They
weigh in within 1 gram and appear identical except for color.

I'm seeing an occaisional good deal pop up on ebay for both these
cranksets,
but haven't seen much written about either one. The XT version of
the
hollowtech II's seem to be well regarded, but pricey as hell. I
actually
like the all black look of the Hone cranks (even if the name
sucks), and may
just grab some.

Tom



Just ****mano tying to make more $$$ by expanding the line. If you
are
going LX level, you might as well pick the cheapest one anyway. I
think
the Hone is hollowtech, but I am not sure HT made it do the LX level
yet.

HT has been on LX for awhile. Shimano re-invents the wheel (pun
intended) every year. What's next? Cranks that are hollow on the inside
and outside!

From what I saw they're separated by almost 70g. And almost $100. Other
than that, I don't know of any tests for impact strength or materials
or bearing or chainring quality.
Based on looks, I'd venture a guess that they're the same mold and the
XT got extra machining. But what do I know?

/s

wrote:
From what I saw they're separated by almost 70g. And almost $100.
Other
than that, I don't know of any tests for impact strength or materials
or bearing or chainring quality.
Based on looks, I'd venture a guess that they're the same mold and the
XT got extra machining. But what do I know?

/s

I dunno, what do you know?

I was wondering about the difference between the new Hollowtech II LX and
the new HONE. Weight is about the same, price is w/i $5 at most web
retailers and the crankarms *appear* to have similar beveling. Only
difference I can see is color, but that's why I asked the question -- to see
if it's just marketing BS for the same product or there really is something
that distinguishes the two components that might impact my decision to buy
one over the other.

XT is obviously more expensive, a bit lighter, and are shaped a bit
differently, but I've heard good things about the HTII version. I was
hoping to hear some opinons on the LX version and/or HONE.

LX: http://tinyurl.com/5joa3
Hone: http://tinyurl.com/3u3qv
XT: http://tinyurl.com/6gr93

Tom

Forget the big SHIMANO. Go Truvativ. Then go even
farter leave Shimano in the past. Go non Shimano you may just love the
move and never look back.

In article .com,
says...

HT has been on LX for awhile. Shimano re-invents the wheel (pun
intended) every year. What's next? Cranks that are hollow on the
inside
and outside!

They probably already have a patent on that "transparent aluminum"
from
Star Trek.

You could ask these guys about it:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech/2001.../perspex.shtml

/s