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QO Carbon Cranks Launch New Road, Gravel & MTB Components from Founders of Rotor

QO Carbon Cranks Launch New Road, Gravel & MTB Components from Founders of Rotor

QO brand debut with carbon Rocks mountain bicycle crankset on MTB Support us! Bikerumor may earn a small commission from affiliate links in this article.…

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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. Plus, they tease that cranksets are just the beginning, with plenty more components being prepared in the wings… Where did QO come from, and where are the QOing?

(Photos/QO) Yes, pun intended, if you can call it that? QO meant the name as a synonym of GO, hence mention of the brand “QOing forward” in this introductory PR campaign, and over the weekend at Velofollies.

But while the name is new, the people behind the new brand are quite familiar. Qo founders Pablo Carrasco and Ignacio Estellés just happen to have also been founders of Rotor all the way back in 1996. That’s where the two pioneered tech like oval chainrings , single & dual-sided powermeter cranks, modular cranksets, even the very cool (if not commercially successful) Uno hydraulic shifting, and the 1st production 13-speed groupset for road, gravel & mountain bikes. Plenty of interesting drivetrain tech that saw the spotlight under multiple Grand Tour and World Championship-winning cyclists in multiple disciplines.

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