Re: [RBW] Re: Herse v. VO Crankset

[Ryan Stanis]

FWIW, A friend of mine who first got me rando-curious broke two VO crank arms (snapped arm above the pedal) pretty deep into two seperate brevets, which left him DNF pretty far from home. These are the only two instances I've personally heard of them breaking, and that was about 3 years ago. He ended up upgrading to the Herse cranks and has had no issues since.  A costly component, but peace of mind in the deep hours of a 600k is priceless. 

-R

On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 1:55 PM Brady Smith <bradys...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for everyone's thoughts. I think the VO makes more sense for me now. I didn't realize the range of chainrings available with the VO crankset, or that the Herse cranks are only compatible with Herse chainrings. I'll leave the latter for when the wife finally lets me build a dream bike. 

On Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at 7:09:09 AM UTC-4 Nick Payne wrote:

I thought about getting a Herse crank some while ago, but as I ride heels in / toes out, I need a bit of flare out on the crankarms so that my heels don't hit the cranks when pedalling. I asked them about this, and was told that no, the crankarms are straight fore-aft, so I didn't proceed with the purchase. I also wasn't too keen on a crank with a unique bolt circle that limits you to a single provider of chainrings.

Nick

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[Mark Roland]

Wow. That sucks. Highly unusual, though. Maybe the crank gods were...cranky at him?

Same guy, same new or newish cranks, same kind of ride, two broken cranks at the same spot. I suspect other factors than a crank that is prone to snapping, so I would not put much weight into this when choosing between the two. And you definitely don't need to spend $400 plus to have crank peace of mind.

On Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 11:41:41 AM UTC-4, Ryan Stanis wrote:

FWIW, A friend of mine who first got me rando-curious broke two VO crank arms (snapped arm above the pedal) pretty deep into two seperate brevets, which left him DNF pretty far from home. These are the only two instances I've personally heard of them breaking, and that was about 3 years ago. He ended up upgrading to the Herse cranks and has had no issues since.  A costly component, but peace of mind in the deep hours of a 600k is priceless. 

-R

On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 1:55 PM Brady Smith <bradys...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for everyone's thoughts. I think the VO makes more sense for me now. I didn't realize the range of chainrings available with the VO crankset, or that the Herse cranks are only compatible with Herse chainrings. I'll leave the latter for when the wife finally lets me build a dream bike. 

On Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at 7:09:09 AM UTC-4 Nick Payne wrote:

I thought about getting a Herse crank some while ago, but as I ride heels in / toes out, I need a bit of flare out on the crankarms so that my heels don't hit the cranks when pedalling. I asked them about this, and was told that no, the crankarms are straight fore-aft, so I didn't proceed with the purchase. I also wasn't too keen on a crank with a unique bolt circle that limits you to a single provider of chainrings.

Nick

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