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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: LEXON Road Carbon Crankset
« on: June 24, 2024, 04:45:15 AM »
In the end I ended up removing the thick shoulder and shortening the axle by 1mm (only).

I use a spacer between the lockring for the spider and the spider itself. Now I have a Q-factor of 149mm, but if I measure from pedal insert face, its about 146mm.

I also now have more room to evenly space my crank arms and not have the blades touch my frame.

It could be that the blades I use (not the lexon carbon ones) also caused the chainline issue, but I like the overall look now better and I dropped another 10grams of weight.

I have now ordered the powermeter that goes with it, so will have to check the fit with that. If needed, I can always add in thin spacers between the crank and the spider again.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: LEXON Road Carbon Crankset
« on: June 12, 2024, 02:25:34 PM »
Hi everyone. First post on chinertown, must say, I like getting more insight on the product I buy as well, outside of the usual youtube channels.

Why Im on this thread. I bought a set of these lexon cranks, first without a powermeter.

First unboxing everything looked amazing, and weight is super.
I was super happy to see that I received one with a black bolt instead of the purple one.

I assembled the spider (thank goodness I had the correct lockring tool), but found it strange that there is a 2.5mm shoulder that the spider rests on, causing a gap between the crank and the spider. Austetically this does not sit well with me. With this I also tried installing the crank, but when I try to centre in in my frame, the inner chainring touches the frame before the arms are evenly spaced.

So I was a bit bummed about this. I did reach out to the store about this and thry ensured that this is their new design.

I have thus decided that I will keep the cranks, but the shoulder should go. I will machine it off and also shorten the crank axle by 2mm.(Ill post some after photos if this is a success.

Now a question, does the xcadey powermeter have this same offset/gap?

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