Comments on: TA Pro Vis 5 Cranks

By: Daniel Dubé

Daniel Dubé — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:17:48 +0000

Jon, It all started when a Brooks B-17 Narrow saved my progeny and family line. Now I’ve just changed over to Dura-Ace friction shifting. Still, my big q-factor crankset makes me feel like I’m giving birth. Really, it was nice to save my progeny but this is going a bit far. I hear that “le facteur q” on the old Pro Vs is the next best thing to a mocassin-walk on a woods trail. Would you perhaps still know of this source for a cheaper TA crankset? I would be really appreciative.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:34:06 +0000

They’re Crank Bros. Quattro, which are discontinued but still widely available. I’m a big fan of Crank Bros. pedals in general and of their product line these are certainly the most amenable to riding with regular shoes, but I still wouldn’t ride’em that way for very long.

By: B

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:48:50 +0000

What pedals are those? They look like double-sided clipless that could have some kind of function as platforms, which would be awesome.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:53:51 +0000

I got my rings and hardware from Spa Cycles.

By: Benno B

Benno B — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:36:57 +0000

You can get the chainrings from spa cycles as well, and also the various bolts you’ll need. Also from Velo Orange.

By: Andrew C.

Andrew C. — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:20:11 +0000

Hey Jon – Thank you for sharing your source for the cranks. A very good price indeed. I’m afraid to pull the trigger because I haven’t been able to find a source for the chainrings. Any idea where I might find some? Thanks.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:43:10 +0000

Hah, I guess there’s no reason for me to hog all the goodness. I got the cranks from spacycles.co.uk.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:21:16 +0000

Hi Jon,
I’m Building up a rambouillet like yours. I wanted to get the TA cranks from Velo orange but they are too steep for me and they dont have the larger outer chainrings in stock. Don’t want to be a pest but I would love to know your source for the cranks.

By: Pablo Brena

Pablo Brena — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:52:03 +0000

Hello Jon,

Excellent choice…

175mm is just what I’m looking for my 605b project, I’d really appreciate if you gave me the source to get them!

Regards
Pablo

By: William

William — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:33:26 +0000

Hi there,

I’m ready to build up my new Ebisu with this setup. My differential between the two chainrings isn’t as great as yours (mine is 46 x 32). Anyway, what I’m concerned about is the front derailleur cage rubbing the crankarm on each rotation. I haven’t yet built up this bike (nor received the frameset yet), but seeing how the crankarms are completely straight, I’m wondering if my Dura-Ace 7400 front derailleur will rub the arm?

How much clearance do you have between your arm and your front derailleur?

Also, Velo Orange told me the arms were ISO taper is this true?

Thank you in advance!

William