That website was classic. I laughed the entire time I read it, and assumed that was it's purpose? Guys like Lopes probably don't sweat stuff like that. When you are famous you get both sides of it.

That have a pretty extensive setup procedure for installing the bottom bracket properly... Did you follow it to the letter? I am very fortunate to have had no issues throughout my ownership of the cranks, and I took the time to follow the setup instructions to the T. I am over 235 lbs with gear on and did not experience play, flexing, or any of those short comings even when hitting whistler and black rock oregon (my local trails). I am not implying you didn't set them up correctly, but I could certainly see most mechanics just throwing them on there like any other outboard bearing crankset and calling it good...

Love seeing my local trails on here! Awesome riding, awesome shots. Stoked right now.

To be fair, on the DH cranks the spindle is chromoly. It has tons of surface area though, so I couldn't see it ever rounding out. I doubt they have warrantied hardly any of these. They are amazing cranks, and if they fit on my new frame I would not have sold them.

Been looking for a good bike light. I keep seeing all of Tippie's posts about night rides. Gotta jump on the bandwagon.

Mine never creaked and I ride in Oregon.

I have personally used this crankset for an entire season and can say it is very rugged and very light for how strong it is. It's gorgeous when it comes out of the box and the craftsmanship is superior for sure. The only con for me is that the finish on the crank arms rubs off super quickly. I went from an 83mm bike to a 73mm bike so I ended up selling mine, but they were still in great shape as they went off to their new owner.