It just come out,
The new trial crank by IMPACT !!!
the EIFFEL TOWER
316g only for the pair of cranks
in 7075 aloy
with ISIS standard
size 140mm of course
with Steel insert for pedals threading
and CNC machining to optimise weight at maximum
nice cranks - but someone needs to check his numbers - roland measured a weight of 325 and Impact measured 316. Be it this of that - they are still light.
i guess the first pic is not a photo but a snapshot of the software he’s using to design the parts, so that’s probably why it doesn’t looks the same
But upon further inspection, and being reminded of the old Echo SL cranks with drilled holes… I hope Impact are as careful as Echo:
That chunky machined out inner bit by the ISIS spline looks vulnerable. Yep, only time can tell but I do know for a fact that someone has wrecked a pair of these.
I’d still run these cranks if I ever ran ISIS, but I’m not a basher and throw myself off the highest walls recklessly
Still, I wouldn’t be surprised if someone reported back having either tweaked or cracked the crank between the spline section and that large machined inner bit.
I’m all for product innovation and just want to see components improve in every way possible. I sense these cranks’ll sell well largely due to gimmick. I’m sold on the looks myself I’ll confess.
I know a few guys who have bended them a bit, and they are not any kind of big guys… As well I know they don’t really hold that good… But I don’t them myself so can’t really tell you how much they can take…