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[First Look] Race Face Introduces the Era eMTB Crankset

Race Face just announced a follow up to their new Era crankset, specifically for e-bikes. We have been riding a set for a few weeks now and have found them to be quite good generally speaking, but we’re a ways out from a long term review. In the mean time, you can find the full details on the newly available cranks below… Details Uni-Directional Carbon Fiber 160mm, 165mm, and 170mm lengths 370 grams with boots and washers Bosch Gen 4 (optimized), Bosch Gen 2, TQ HPR50 (optimized) Lifetime warranty $429.99 USD The new cranks feature the stainless steel wear plate
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Broken crank preload ring? Muc-Off has the Solution

How many times does it happened that riders have broken the ring on the non-drive crank arm of some brands such as SRAM and Race Face, which is used to adjust the preload of the bottom bracket bearings? It happens simply because it is entirely made of plastic, the set screw threads into on a microscopic plastic thread and the whole ring nut itself in many cases is not sufficient to guarantee the right preload precisely because it is too delicate. Muc-Off today presents its solution to this problem: a ring nut entirely made of Aluminum, CNC machined and subsequently
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[First Ride] Race Face Era Carbon Fiber Crankset

Race Face introduced an all new carbon fiber crankset today dubbed the Era, which are aimed at Trail, All Mountain and Enduro. They were also kind enough to send us an early sample a couple of months ago, which we’ve been riding since. While the Eras maintain a similar silhouette to the current Next R crankset, they pick up a stainless steel wear plate as well as some new design elements. Read on for the full scoop… Details Race Face Era 165mm, 170mm and 175mm lengths 176mm Q-factor 52mm Chainline based on a 136mm spindle – can be adjusted to
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Race Face Unveils the new Turbine Crankset

Race Face has announced an all new Turbine crankset today. Their classic trail through enduro rated aluminum crankset sees a slight weight loss and improved Q-factor amongst other tweaks. More details below… Details Lifetime warranty $179.99 USD 7050 AL axle and arm 30mm spindle 176mm Q-factor 595 grams with 32T chainring and pedal washers www.raceface.com
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