Leese carbon crankset

[Biscaye05]

Yet another entrant in this now crowded market

Thought I'd give this a shot for its low price (ended up paying $118 with the current Ali coupons). It'll be paired up with some Sprill (Pass Quest) chainrings with my AXS groupset

Bought the 150mm option under the LSE-C01 pro (110 BCD/4 Bolt). The 5 bolt option is another product with different crank lengths

Expected weight is around 400g for the crank+spider. Another 175g for the chainrings

According to the manufacturer:

2 yr warranty and "We have been selling for 2 years, with sales exceeding a thousand, and have never experienced any quality issues"

CNC machined axles
Aluminum

Taicho_Cyclist was first to post it on Chinertown and found his comment. I will encourage him to engage as he has the crank installed but is still building his bike

I will update this thread once received and ridden

Edit 3/27

Received today

Weight for a 150mm

Crank arms 366g
Spacers 3g
Aluminum spider 55g

[pavlo.k]

these have been around for a while. I think they are the same as riro aerospire that are slightly cheaper https://pl.aliexpress.com/item/1005007392822975.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.1.3f9929bfb2Dw12
hope they will release a 24mm titanium axle version at some point

[raisinberry777]

these have been around for a while. I think they are the same as riro aerospire that are slightly cheaper https://pl.aliexpress.com/item/1005007392822975.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.1.3f9929bfb2Dw12
hope they will release a 24mm titanium axle version at some point

The big difference is that the Leese version is available with an Easton interface, meaning that there's a range of spiders (and power meters) available so you have a significantly better choice of chainrings. The Riro version uses the Shimano Microspline interface which is only used for Shimano MTB cranks, so you have basically no choice of road rings other than those on AliExpress.

[Biscaye05]

The big difference is that the Leese version is available with an Easton interface, meaning that there's a range of spiders (and power meters) available so you have a significantly better choice of chainrings. The Riro version uses the Shimano Microspline interface which is only used for Shimano MTB cranks, so you have basically no choice of road rings other than those on AliExpress.

Just wanted to add that Leese goes all the way down to 135mm for Carbon cranks. Perhaps good for children-shorter riders

I don't know who else offers these lengths. I'm personally going to experiment on the 150mm which is not readily available elsewhere

[SillyMochi]

The big difference is that the Leese version is available with an Easton interface, meaning that there's a range of spiders (and power meters) available so you have a significantly better choice of chainrings. The Riro version uses the Shimano Microspline interface which is only used for Shimano MTB cranks, so you have basically no choice of road rings other than those on AliExpress.

True, but you could also just mount a spider to the riro and then attach any 110 BCD chainrings to that. Lots of road choices for it.

[raisinberry777]

True, but you could also just mount a spider to the riro and then attach any 110 BCD chainrings to that. Lots of road choices for it.

Ah yes that's true - I guess my focus is more on power meter compatibility.

[impmonkey]

Really hoping these come back in stock in 165mm/3 bolt for my power meter.

[seanhsn]

Does anyone know if the 8 bolt interface sold here fits SRAM? Seeing if it will fit my AXS quarq power meter.

https://a.aliexpress.com/_mLk9cEj

[glepore]

Man, I wish they had a single store where you could sort it out, they have like 400 sellers with all kinds of length/interface combos going on. I can't tell from that add what the two sram interfaces are. There is a huge market for 3 bolt/8 bolt b/c of powermeters but at the end of the day I'm not taking a chance unless I know for sure. Sram Quarq/Force arms are only 70-100 g heavier with a steel gxp spindle after all...and used they're $100 usd and under, just dumped a set of 172.5' for 50 bucks...

[Biscaye05]

Does anyone know if the 8 bolt interface sold here fits SRAM? Seeing if it will fit my AXS quarq power meter.

https://a.aliexpress.com/_mLk9cEj

I don't see why not

Just realized I should have gone for that one to save weight, but the one I got enables me to use Shimano should I change groupsets one day

[Biscaye05]

Received today

Weight for a 150mm

Crank arms 366g
Spacers 3g
Aluminum spider 55g

I'm not a machinist or an engineer but it looks well made. Seems are tights and no excess material anywhere. The marble effect looks A+

[glepore]

I don't see why not

Just realized I should have gone for that one to save weight, but the one I got enables me to use Shimano should I change groupsets one day

The why not is that pretty much everyone in the market uses the easton interface b/c there are "patent issues" with the sram 3 and 8 bolt interfaces. I've not done the patent research, but when people making the cranks tell me that, I believe it. And there's no photo of the d/s crankarm in the ad linked, just a photoshoped interface pic. If someone buys one and its for real, gamechanger for lots of us. I have 4 3 bolt quarqs here, but I'm old...

[Jet the Panda]

150mm

Very nice and short! How tall are you if you don't mind me asking? I am interested in these cranks too and also want to experiment with shorter length.