it's not the 2x9 but the triple.
Looks very interesting, definitely different than the Raceface since it doesn't have a real crankbolt that tightens the crank together.
The way the raceface works is Left arm has the spindle and then it rightens to the right arm (with chainrings) with a supplied crank bolt.
The FRM spindle is on the right arm and attaches to the left arm with 2 bolts that just pinch tighten it to the spindle.
Crank Arm + spindle = 336g
Other Arm = 174g
Bottom Bracket = 88g for cups and 12g for plastic middle
End Cap = 7g
Total minus chainrings and chainrings bolts is 605g or 617g if you use that plastic bb piece.
For total weight sake (add in extralite 44t (61g) 32t (28g) 22t (14g) + 16g chainring bolts)
= 724g total weight
HERE is where the problem comes into play.
First, there is not enough clearance for the extralite 44t ring. It does not fit on there and more than likely I will have to sand down each piece on the extralite for it to fit snug (shave a few grams off in the meantime
The worst part is that I can't use the token bb with the skf bearings. The FRM spindle, after trying to fit it in the token bb, is larger than the raceface spindle. You can see that the hole on the FRM cups are bigger than the token cups.
The token cups will not go through the spindle. So does that mean if the FRM bb is broken that I am SOL?
Clearly the companies that make aftermarket bearings for these bb have the same uniform bearings to just pop in and pop out.
That was kind of one of the reason why I prefered integrated systems because of bb interchangeability(if thats a word
The skf bearings were so smooth, it was like butter in the way they turn, the frm is not as good.
So On one hand I am very happy in the frm crank in the fact that it's very lightweight and has a very simple design. On the other hand the bb really bothers me.
