QO debuts a new road, gravel & MTB component brand with aero and reinforced carbon cranks from the team that founder Rotor 25 years ago…
Over the weekend a new premium component brand popped up, as QO debuted three lightweight carbon cranksets and chainring combinations. With dimpled aero tech for road Race & gravel Grava and reinforced impact protection for both Grava & MTB Rocks cranksets, QO is already working with top small-batch bike builders and will have aftermarket cranks available within the next couple months.
Qo designs the new components in Spain, engineers them between Spain & Taiwan, and manufactures carbon in between Taiwan & China with carbon production partner YMA and machines chainrings in Spain.The highlight of the road Qo Race crankset is its aero dimples ““. The lightweight ‘Mitsubishi Pyrofil’ carbon arms promise stiffness, durability & vibration-damping with dimples on both inner & outer faces of its arms.
A complete road Qo Race crankset is said to weigh 634g – with 149mm Q-factor & 44.5mm chainline.The key feature of the Qo Rocks mountain cranks is its KevTex kevlar reinforcement in the ends of the arms for “for longer service life, plus they also get a rubber bumper, too. A complete mountain Qo Rocks crankset weighs only 440g – with 174mm Q-factor & 55mm chainline.The Qo Grava gravel bike cranks combine a bit of both – the aero from the road and the off-road KevTex reinforcement. There Qo delivers aero-dimpled carbon arms with internal kevlar reinforcement and rubber bumpers. And then, there are 1x direct mount chainrings, but with their own aero dimples along the outer edge.
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