Single speed crank with square taper

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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Single speed crank with square taper

Posted: 12/11/2020 7:34:04 PM EDT

Sorry if this is dumb question, but are there lower end/mid level Shimano MTB single speed cranksets with a square taper?

The square taper all seem to be 2x or 3x.

Posted: 12/11/2020 7:49:06 PM EDT

[#1]

Nope. You could just buy a new bottom bracket and crank.

Posted: 12/13/2020 7:35:02 AM EDT

[#2]

Buy a cheap 2x and run bash guard on outside and single on inside. Can do the same with a 3x, might need to use spacers on mid ring to get your chain line where you want it.

Posted: 12/13/2020 10:48:27 AM EDT

[#3]

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Buy a cheap 2x and run bash guard on outside and single on inside. Can do the same with a 3x, might need to use spacers on mid ring to get your chain line where you want it.

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I would probably just buy an external BB (hollowtech II is simple and cheap) crankset.

There are tons of old square taper triples that can be converted to a single, but I don't know how available narrow-wide chainrings are in the right bcd. The square taper cranksets I've seen tend to be 110 bcd and most narrow-wide rings I've seen are 104 bcd, which is the modern MTB standard for the stuff I use (Deore).

Posted: 1/5/2021 11:56:37 AM EDT

[#4]

If you are running single speed. You don't need a narrow/wide chainring, so that opens things up a bit.

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Single speed crank with square taper

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