Anyone make a good 160mm crankset?

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I’m looking for a decent 160mm crankset. All I can find is BMX style cranks. Any ideas?

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Bikesmithdesign.com. Really nice guy named Mark. He drills a new pedal hole in SRAM Apex Cranks to make them 20 or 21 mm shorter. He then mills off the extra. I just ordered 154mm for $231 shipped with BB. There are other options that are cheaper that he offers.

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There were a few recent threads on this (search), but I believe the Origin 8 cranksets with a square taper BB were the go-to cranksets for anything under 165. (They go down to 140 or lower.)

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Bikesmithdesign.com. Really nice guy named Mark. He drills a new pedal hole in SRAM Apex Cranks to make them 20 or 21 mm shorter. He then mills off the extra. I just ordered 154mm for $231 shipped with BB. There are other options that are cheaper that he offers.

That is just cool! Love it.

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I can’t speak to how good they are, but Leonard Zinn will make them

http://zinncycles.com/Zinn/index.php/components/custom-cranks
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Lightning goes down to 160:

http://www.lightningbikes.com/cranks/index.html
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I think you can special order Ultegra 6700 cranks at 160mm. Not super high end, but very nice shifting, stiff cranks.

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x2 on Bikesmithdesign.com ; Mark does great work!

Another option:
http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/carmina.asp

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X3 - Mark is great.

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I switched out my bottom bracket and put in one with a square taper. It’s easy to find cheap crank arms for square tapers. The bullets or origin 8 cranks will work as doubles.

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I think you can special order Ultegra 6700 cranks at 160mm. Not super high end, but very nice shifting, stiff cranks.

WTHeck?
By any metric other than weight, these are some of best cranks you can lay your hands on.
I don’t ride them myself, but these are really fantastic cranks.