Recently bought a new bike from a dealer in Bay Area. Bike listing said it has the crankset in the title (Tiagra 4700). Is it missing a face plate or this not what it says it is?
by AccomplishedAd8263
Recently bought a new bike from a dealer in Bay Area. Bike listing said it has the crankset in the title (Tiagra 4700). Is it missing a face plate or this not what it says it is?
by AccomplishedAd8263
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Did you ask the shop? Did you look up pictures of FC-4700?
Shimano isn’t usually shy about branding; should have some kind of stamp on the back of the arms or screen printing.
Shimano cranks have the part number stamped into the backside of the crankarms near the pedal insert. Will say FD-4700 or something along those lines if that’s what it is. The printed on text can be removed with rubbing alcohol and some elbow grease but the stamp in the metal is permanent. Maybe not applicable to all Shimano cranks but all the one’s I’ve bought have been this way.
If it listed the crankset as 4700 and it isn’t, they may have copy/pasted details from a website that also had one of those little footnotes that said some parts will be replaced based on availability. Or it may have been a mistake when they meant to say “4700 group, compatible crankset” or something like that.
That seems too big of a spread for the rear derailleur to handle.
What bike brand, model and spec?
It’s always in the fine print. “Subject to change, depending on component availability, blah blah blah…”
I bought a bike with tiagra groupset in january and everything was Shimano except the crankset due to shortages.
I got an FSA crankset instead of a similar price.