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Looking to get a dub carbon crank for my new hardtail - got a screw in dub bsa bb and looking at Truvativ Descendent Carbon / Truvativ Stylo Carbon / Sram GX Carbon cranks. Are they all exactly the same thing with different graphics?
Is the DUB BB the only reasoning behind going to a DUB crank?
In our riding group, the DUB BB's havent been lasting long at all, about the same amount of time as a GXP crank.
I'd be looking at something with a 24mm axle, like shimano, not sexy, but is reliable.
Pretty much the same bar the graphics as you say. I've got some GXP Stylo/Descendant carbon cranks and they're identical graphics aside, so can't see DUB ones being any different.
I’ve generally had no issues with dub and gxp screw in bb’s. Don’t like the look of the shimano cranks and if I can save a bit of weight with carbon without going to crazy X01 / XX1 money then I will. The dub bb I had was lasting better then gxp and it’s now on my nephews bike and still going strong - happy with the longevity.
Don't expect a huge weight saving, swapping from an aluminium GX to the Descendant was about 60g from memory. They do look nice though and they don't scuff up after a single pedal stroke on a muddy ride like alloy cranks.
The bike would have been getting an NX Eagle dub crankset with a steel direct mount ring - should be a few 100g saving over that with one of the Carbon cranks with a Sram alloy ring.
Got a 10-42 cassette on the back so have a 30t sram alloy ring for the front. That ring felt quite a lot lighter than the 32t north shore billet ring on my other bike - fitted to an X1 Carbon GXP crank.
I’m hoping this new hardtail will be sub 28lbs - it’s going to have a Pike Ultimate / a circa 1650g wheelset (DT Swiss rims / Erase hubs), Gx 11 speed with a carbon cranks / forecaster exo 2.6 rear tyre / probably a Hillbilly 2.6 front for the winter / Code R brakes / Brand X dropper / Brand X carbon bar / Thompson x4 stem etc
The potentially heavy bit is a Reynolds 725 Marino hardtail frame
The DUB Truvativ carbon variants are the Sram GX Carbon (Stylo/Descendant Eagle Dub variants) and X01 (Troy Lee variant).
In hand the profiles are the same & weights the same, just under Truvativ branding.
From R2 Bike the Descendant Carbon Dub Eagle at c£215 is the sweet spot £perGram & performance if you can't get the GX Carbon.
So GX Carbon is the same as Descendant and Stylo Carbon?