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Other Resources => Component Deals & Selection => Topic started by: Biscaye05 on March 19, 2025, 08:26:55 PM
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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
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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 (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
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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 (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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Really hoping these come back in stock in 165mm/3 bolt for my power meter.
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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
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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...
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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
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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+
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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...
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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.
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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.
around 172cm. My inseam is 71cm ~ 28in which is the key here
I've been using short 165mm cranks since 2014 when Shimano started making them regularly and bike companies started speccing them on bikes. In some bikes I'm at the minimum of the seat post insertion and I can't get Aero enough
Rode the 150mm yesterday. It's a shock to my system as I've been training with 170mm lately (not by choice. My bikes were out of commission for a month). It forces you to spin more + use a bigger gear so you don't spin out
I'll give this a shot until the end of the season. My other bike will remain with a 165mm. I have a gut feeling I'll end up with a 160mm
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First ride went well
- note that this ISNT FOR FUSSY MECHANICS. If you or your mechanic aren’t used to installing off brand parts I think you’d best use a lot of patience
- there’s an actual way of placing the chainrings properly. Pass Quest sent me a photo of the correct orientation of the inner chainring which previously caused the small ring to not shift to the big
- there’s nothing like a real SRAM chainring but this is good. Not as positive when you shift but when it latches properly it’s on securely
If all goes well I will buy the 8 bolt version to pair with some real SRAM chainrings
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does "not for fussy mechanics" mean it has the kind of fit & tolerance issues requiring some minor modification to the component (sanding, filing, etc) to install it?
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does "not for fussy mechanics" mean it has the kind of fit & tolerance issues requiring some minor modification to the component (sanding, filing, etc) to install it?
I installed Leese crank a few days ago and the only annoyance i've had was getting the spacers combination right but that's just a "feature" of DUB cranks I think.
I used sram dub bb86 bottom bracket and i think the preload ring on the crank is too wide so you have to use a spacer on the non drive side just to avoid rubbing on the bb shell.
Sram suggests to only use 3mm spacer on the drive side but I ended up using 0.5mm on a non drive side and 2mm on the drive side. With 3mm total spacers it was a little too tight. Luckily Leese provides all kinds of spacers in the box.
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does "not for fussy mechanics" mean it has the kind of fit & tolerance issues requiring some minor modification to the component (sanding, filing, etc) to install it?
Pavlo K nailed it ^
Spacers, correct orientation for chainrings, ride it after indexing
It's not a plug n play like a SRAM-SRAM of Shimano-Shimano system. I mechanic I dealt with was so fussy he quit working on it and even told me "your frame is fake"
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Pavlo K nailed it ^
Spacers, correct orientation for chainrings, ride it after indexing
It's not a plug n play like a SRAM-SRAM of Shimano-Shimano system. I mechanic I dealt with was so fussy he quit working on it and even told me "your frame is fake"
In my experience none of the tapered spline cranks are plug&play you always have to play around with spacers/wave washers etc. The position the crankarm depends on the torque and tolerances on the spindle and the crankarm that vary from crank to crank even for the same model. So I'd say it's pretty much the same for Leese as for any other brand
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In my experience none of the tapered spline cranks are plug&play you always have to play around with spacers/wave washers etc. The position the crankarm depends on the torque and tolerances on the spindle and the crankarm that vary from crank to crank even for the same model. So I'd say it's pretty much the same for Leese as for any other brand
Have you been riding yours?
On my 3rd ride today and threw the weirdest chainring-cassette combo. I'm impressed with the chainring. Again not the same as a real SRAM chainring but I don't see why anyone can't race on them
Have a planned 40-50mi on Saturday and can't wait to try it out more on more demanding terrain. I've done Tempo-Threshold efforts so far and not a single complain here
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Have you been riding yours?
On my 3rd ride today and threw the weirdest chainring-cassette combo. I'm impressed with the chainring. Again not the same as a real SRAM chainring but I don't see why anyone can't race on them
Have a planned 40-50mi on Saturday and can't wait to try it out more on more demanding terrain. I've done Tempo-Threshold efforts so far and not a single complain here
I've done two fairly long rides so far, and everything's working well. I'll definitely be swapping out the chainrings at some point though—shifting is decent, but they came slightly wobbly out of the box. Hard to complain at $25, but I'd appreciate any recommendations for a solid replacement set of chainrings. I was thinking these: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008778249250.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.9.53f5Jsa4Jsa48g (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008778249250.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.9.53f5Jsa4Jsa48g) but probably going to be just as wobbly. Any direct mount double chainring options for easton interafce out there?
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The instructions that come with these cranks are pretty poor.
Cybrei’s instructions, on the other hand, are excellent. They advise using vernier calipers to measure your bottom bracket shell width, provide a detailed list of bottom bracket standards, and show the corresponding spacers or shims required. Since many of these cranks look very similar, clear and specific instructions like these are really helpful — and they’re readily available on the Cybrei website in English. The attached Cybrei PDF in Chinese has the BB spacing table.
https://www.cybrei.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/%E6%9B%B2%E6%9F%84%E7%94%A8%E6%88%B7%E6%89%8B%E5%86%8C.pdf
I’ll also measure from the centre of the bottle cage boss to the inside of each crank arm to ensure the distances are equal. This can help identify alignment issues in some cases.
I’m using the DFS carbon crank, and they basically told me to follow Cybrei’s instructions, since they don’t supply their own as the have not managed to put on together yet!. I also contacted Passquest/Sprill, and they just sent me their standard instruction sheet again.