{"id":17099,"date":"2013-02-17T16:56:54","date_gmt":"2013-02-17T21:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=17099"},"modified":"2013-03-19T14:49:46","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T18:49:46","slug":"heel-rub-protection-for-sram-x0-crankset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2013\/02\/17\/heel-rub-protection-for-sram-x0-crankset\/","title":{"rendered":"Heel Rub Protection for SRAM X0 Crankset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/gallery\/v\/acquired_stuff\/salsa_el_mariachi_ti\/parts\/IMG_7273.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=2\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/gallery\/d\/103557-2\/IMG_7273.jpg\" height=427 width=640 border=0 title=\"SRAM X0 crankset with custom-cut UHMW polyethylene tape for heel rub protection.\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I recently came across a great deal on a 2011 SRAM X0 2&#215;10 crankset; something which should be a drop-in replacement for the X7 crankset that&#8217;s slated to come on the <a href=\"http:\/\/salsacycles.com\/bikes\/el_mariachi_ti\">bike that I&#8217;ve got on order<\/a>. Being carbon fiber and looking very nice I want to keep them in great shape, so I decided to apply some protective tape to cut down on heel rub<sup>\u2020<\/sup> and some plastic caps to keep then ends from chipping when hitting rocks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raceface.com\/components\/small-parts\/crank-boot\/crank-boots\/\">Race Face&#8217;s Crank Boots<\/a> took care of the end of the crank arms, but for heel rub I turned to my favorite rub protection material, <a href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2009\/12\/21\/uhmw-polyethylene-tape-for-cable-rub-and-chainstay-protection\/\">UHMW polyethylene tape<\/a>. After a few minutes with some masking tape, a marker, and some drawing software I&#8217;d made <a href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/files\/bicycle\/sram\/sram_2011_x0_crank_protector_template.pdf\">this template<\/a> which was easily transfered to the tape. As I used some thin (.0045&#8243;) tape it was a bit of a hassle to get in place, but hopefully my cleaning routine (glass cleaner followed up with isopropyl alcohol) got the cranks clean enough that the tape won&#8217;t begin peeling before I want to remove it.<\/p>\n<p>The applied tape looks a bit milky, but I think that once in place on a bike it&#8217;ll be fine. The photo above is worst-case for appearance, as the angled lighting shows all of the slight surface imperfections in the tape. Just as when used for cable rub protection I feel that this super-slippery, strong tape will do a better job of preserving the cranks than the crystal clear polyurethane films that are normally used. <\/p>\n<p>With the peel-off backing still in place the tape only weighed 1g, and with the Crank Boots coming in at 15g for the pair this bit of extra protection won&#8217;t add much to the overall weight of the bike. <a href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/gallery\/v\/acquired_stuff\/salsa_el_mariachi_ti\/parts\/IMG_7278.jpg.html\">This photo<\/a> shows the boots and pedals installed, and I&#8217;m pretty happy with how it all looks.<\/p>\n<p>Since this crankset is a pretty common style and SRAM doesn&#8217;t appear to have changed the molds for their carbon fiber cranksets much recently I hope that quite a few others find this PDF template useful: <a href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/files\/bicycle\/sram\/sram_2011_x0_crank_protector_template.pdf\">SRAM XO Crank Arm Protector Template, Designed for 175mm 2011 2&#215;10 X0 GXP Crankset, part number 00.6115.422.070<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><sup>\u2020<\/sup> Heel rub is when one&#8217;s shoe rubs against a bike&#8217;s crank arm, wearing off the finish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently came across a great deal on a 2011 SRAM X0 2&#215;10 crankset; something which should be a drop-in replacement for the X7 crankset&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2013\/02\/17\/heel-rub-protection-for-sram-x0-crankset\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Heel Rub Protection for SRAM X0 Crankset<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cycling","category-making-things","entry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17099"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17265,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17099\/revisions\/17265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}