Garbaruk has turned their European CNC machines again in the direction of the highway for a brand new line of light-weight and stiff Gravel & Street Cranksets. And similar to we noticed for his or her made-in-Poland XC Cranks, these classy-looking new highway & gravel cranks are easy, mild, built-tough, inexpensive in a sea of carbon, and so they are available plenty of shiny fairly colours for that customized look…
Garbaruk light-weight EU-made alloy Gravel & Street crankset
After years of precision CNC manufacturing in Kyiv, Ukraine, Garbaruk relocated into the EU again in 2019 the place they’ve been machining premium chainrings, cassettes & different upgrades on your drivetrain in Krakow, Poland ever since. Final summer time after getting a tease on one in all Dangerholm’s shiny ultralight creations, Garbaruk formally rolled out their first crankset for XC bikes. Now they’re again with an equally aluminum mild crankset for highway & gravel riders, that includes a a lot slimmer low-Q building optimized for 1x dropbar chainlines.
Tech particulars
The brand new hole Garbaruk alloy highway & gravel cranks are CNC-machined from 7075-T651 aluminum in two halves, then bonded collectively for light-weight, stiffness & sturdiness. Developed to be as mild as carbon, however with alloy crankset safety, the entire crankset with out chainrings is claimed to weigh 409g (~480.5g with a 42T spherical rind put in).
The 152mm Q-factor cranks characteristic a 130.5mm x 30mm spindle, and are designed with both Gravel 47.5mm or Street 45mm chainline offset, with what seems to be the identical Direct Mount customary as Cannondale Hollogram cranks. Chainrings should not included, however Garbaruk makes light-weight direct mount spherical or oval narrow-wide rings for highway, cross & gravel using from 38-46T with 4.5mm offset for 10/11/12-speed chains. (Their Hollogram providing extends as much as 54T, with decrease size-specific offset.)
Obtainable in both 170 or 175mm lengths (and doubtlessly extra sizes sooner or later if there may be demand), consumers decide from 8 completely different anodized colours for the crankarms themselves, and the choice for matching or contrasting self-extractors, too – silver, black, gold, purple, orange, inexperienced, blue, or violet.
Garbaruk Gravel highway cranks – Pricing & availability
The made-in-Poland alloy Garbaruk Gravel & Street crankset sells for a similar $420 / 420€ because the XC cranks, not together with a chainring which provides an additional 78€. Cranksets are lined by an ordinary 2-year guarantee, and a crash alternative coverage to maintain you using.
The brand new cranks can be found now with international delivery doable. Typically, solely silver & black cranks are in inventory, however colourful combos ought to solely take per week or two further when you order.
