My Surly was making a clicking form of noise with each pedal stroke which compelled me to search out the supply of the noise. Suspecting the underside bracket I found there was a bit of little bit of side-to-side play, so it was time for a brand new backside bracket. I knew I wished to attempt to save a bit of additional weight with a brand new bracket, so this led me to Omni Racer. I made a decision to go along with the cromo model vs the titanium because it nonetheless saved me about 82 grams over the outdated bracket. On prime of saving some grams this half can be made within the USA which I at all times like. It’s an incredible trying half, take a look:
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Specs
Dimension: 68x107mm
English 68mm: BSA 1.37″x24T
Taper: JIS
Weight: 213 grams
Premium bearings with low friction X-seals
CNC machined hole chromoly metal shaft
Full 3K carbon fiber physique
Set up
The set up was simple, and the bracket got here with good directions. The one factor I did in a different way than regular was take their suggestion so as to add Teflon tape. Looks like a good suggestion. Listed here are their directions:
Ranking
Bracket appears actually good and is sort of gentle like I wished. It’s not low-cost at round $60 so I’m gonna give this a 4 out of 5-star ranking. I’ll see how lengthy it lasts and revisit this ranking later.
