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Chinese Carbon Road Bikes => Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components => Topic started by: antoinesbikes on August 06, 2026, 05:59:29 PM
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Hey All,
Planning to build a 1x gravel bike around the new Force XPLR groupset, but I am not sure what chinese carbon cranks would work with DUB Wide since most of them are built with a road-width Q-factor and spindle length. Can I simply just add spacers to the drive side to get the 47.5mm chainline? Anyone have any photos of chinese cranks on their SRAM XPLR bikes? Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
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SRAM Force crankset competes on price, weight and looks here. Make sure you don't rule it out too early
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Hey All,
Planning to build a 1x gravel bike around the new Force XPLR groupset, but I am not sure what chinese carbon cranks would work with DUB Wide since most of them are built with a road-width Q-factor and spindle length. Can I simply just add spacers to the drive side to get the 47.5mm chainline? Anyone have any photos of chinese cranks on their SRAM XPLR bikes? Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
This is what I intend to do. I bought KORE crankset with 24 mm axle (road). Depending on the final setup I will a) add spacers to the axle; b)change the position of the chainring b) add spacers to chainring bolts
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Task is simple use right offset of the chainring instead of spacing the crankset. Using spacers will move your whole cranks to the side and potentially cause some fit issues. On the other hand 45mm chain line should not harm the system. On my regular Eagle AXS I have switched between wide and normal cranks multiple times and did not have issues here.
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I swaped from rival xplr wide to ZRACE unchained.
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EGvCZRo
So far really good. Bought em for 112€ 4 weeks ago. Price varies a ton. Need to wait for the right coupons and offets
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Not carbon and significantly heavier, the Stone alloy crankset has an option for a DUB Wide spindle. Ballpark price is around 120.00USD and they come in at +500g.
Really, really pleased with mine. They have some of the best machining and fit that I have encountered with chinese bike brands. Eventually, I will upgrade to SRAM Red cranks just to shave off 200g of weight. Highly recommend the Stone cranks though.
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This is what I intend to do. I bought KORE crankset with 24 mm axle (road). Depending on the final setup I will a) add spacers to the axle; b)change the position of the chainring b) add spacers to chainring bolts
I'd be interested to see how this ends up. Another reason why I'm asking is because I want to run 150mm cranks, and the only option is the SRAM Red 150mm crank arms which are $440.
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Leeze for example has 150mm. Best you browse this forum.
Some topics discussed carbon cranks already.
But i agree wit cccccçcccx :-) SRAM is really competitive. I got a barely used
sram force xplr e1 wide crank plus 40t for 100€. New Force xplr E1 costs a bit over 200€ currently. D2 crank u get for 170€. China aint much cheaper
Below pics of the 165mm zrace, 42t. Around 500g.
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Also interested
Want to build a 2x gravel bike with a powermeter and need dub wide to clear the small chainring.
Currently using a ThinkRider PP5 with single chainring on another bike and that would not work in a 2x configuration