Shimano M6130 Deore 12Sp Super Boost Chainset Review

Shimano M6130 Deore 12Sp Super Boost Chainset Reviews

Review score: 9.2/10 – Updated May, 2024

Latest Price: £89.99 (RRP: £89.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Shimano M6130 Deore 12Sp Super Boost Chainset worthy of a review score of 9.2 out of 10.

Shimano M6130 Deore 12Sp Super Boost Chainset Review


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Shimano M6130 Deore 12Sp Super Boost Chainset features

Shimano M6130 Deore 12Sp Super Boost Chainset specs

Shimano M6130 Deore 12Sp Super Boost Chainset
Spec 1

Colour: Black

Other Cranksets found with this Spec: 6387

Spec 2

Teeth: 30t, 32t

Other Cranksets found with this Spec: 4

Spec 3

Speed: 12 Speed

Other Cranksets found with this Spec: 225

Spec 4

Length: 170mm, 175mm

Other Cranksets found with this Spec: 35

Spec 5

Material: Aluminium

Other Cranksets found with this Spec: 762

Feature 1

Crank Arm Material: Forged Alloy

Other Cranksets found with this feature: 8

Feature 2

Chainring Material: Lightweight Aluminium

Other Cranksets found with this feature: 2

Feature 3

Use: MTB

Other Cranksets found with this feature: 438

Feature 4

Speed: 12 speed

Other Cranksets found with this feature: 70

Feature 5

Number of Chainrings: 1

Other Cranksets found with this feature: 2

Feature 6

Chainring Included: Yes

Other Cranksets found with this feature: 2

Feature 7

Chainring Tooth Count: Multiple options available

Other Cranksets found with this feature: 1

Feature 8

Crank Arm Length: Multiple options available

Other Cranksets found with this feature: 3

Feature 9

Axle Diameter: Boost

Other Cranksets found with this feature: 1

Feature 10

Chainline: 56.5mm

Other Cranksets found with this feature: 1

Feature 11

Chainring BCD: For use with 157mm O.L.D. frames

Other Cranksets found with this feature: 1

Feature 12

5 Arm or 4 Arm: 4 arm

Other Cranksets found with this feature: 4

Feature 13

Chainring Mount: Direct mount

Other Cranksets found with this feature: 8

Feature 14

Design: 2-piece

Other Cranksets found with this feature: 5

Feature 15

Dyna-Sys Compatible: Yes

Other Cranksets found with this feature: 2

Feature 16

Compatibility: 12 speed Dyna-Sys MTB HG-X transmissions

Other Cranksets found with this feature: 1

Feature 17

Is BB Included: HollowTech II integrated bottom bracket

Other Cranksets found with this feature: 7

Feature 18

Part Numbers: 30T 170mm: FCM6130C0; 30T 175mm: FCM6130E0; 32T 170mm: FCM6130C2; 32T 175mm: FCM6130E2

Other Cranksets found with this feature: 1

Price

£89.99

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Quality

Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Cranksets. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Shimano M6130 Deore 12Sp Super Boost Chainset.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Shimano M6130 Deore 12Sp Super Boost Chainset is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.

Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Cranksets. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.

There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Cranksets. Brands like Shimano are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.

Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Cranksets category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.


Comparing Prices

Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Cranksets.

It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.

Price of Shimano M6130 Deore 12Sp Super Boost Chainset

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Shimano M6130 Deore 12Sp Super Boost Chainset.

We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Shimano M6130 Deore 12Sp Super Boost Chainset was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £89.99 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.6 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Cranksets

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Cranksets.

We found 182 in the Cranksets category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £192.65, making it below average at £89.99.

It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Cranksets. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £999.99, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £0.79.

With 182 products available we worked out that 118 cost more than Shimano M6130 Deore 12Sp Super Boost Chainset and 57 were cheaper.

Cost of Shimano products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 854 products from Shimano, of which 58 were in the Cranksets category.

For now though we’re looking at Shimano branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £94.29 making this product below average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Shimano product we found was £1.00 and the highest price we could find from them was £1999.99.

Of the 854 from Shimano, 221 were more expensive than Shimano M6130 Deore 12Sp Super Boost Chainset and 617 were cheaper.

How much are Shimano Cranksets?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Shimano products that are listed in the Cranksets category.

The average price of the 58 products that match this search was £149.42, with the cheapest coming in at £1.00 and highest price was £999.99. With the average being £149.42, Shimano M6130 Deore 12Sp Super Boost Chainset comes in below average.

34 products that meet this search were more expensive than Shimano M6130 Deore 12Sp Super Boost Chainset and 19 were cheaper.


Shimano M6130 Deore 12Sp Super Boost Chainset Reviews

Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.

There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.

1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.

2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.

Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Shimano M6130 Deore 12Sp Super Boost Chainset reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Shimano M6130 Deore 12Sp Super Boost Chainset, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.3 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Cranksets category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.3 out of 5.

Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Shimano M6130 Deore 12Sp Super Boost Chainset or another similar product, like Shimano MT610 12 Speed Boost Double Chainset reviews or Shimano M5100 Deore 11 Speed Double Chainset reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Cranksets.


Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Cranksets. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Shimano, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.


YouTube Video of Shimano M6130 Deore 12Sp Super Boost Chainset

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Shimano M6130 Deore 12Sp Super Boost Chainset reviews.


Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Shimano M6130 Deore 12Sp Super Boost Chainset. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 9.2/10 overall.


Further product details

  • Product ID 1: 26962697015
  • Product ID 2: 799129UK
  • Brand: Shimano
  • Model number: FCM6130E0
  • RRP: £89.99
  • EAN: 4550170617554
  • Description: Shimano M6130 Deore 12Sp Super Boost ChainsetEngineered for maximum performance on every MTB adventure, this single Boost crankset gives you fast acceleration and control on the toughest of rides. It features a robust forged alloy crank arm construction, which makes it more than capable of withstanding all the abuse that’s associated with all-day epics in the mountains. Shimano has also kitted out this model with a HollowTech II integrated bottom bracket for increased stiffness, efficiency and added durability.Features: Crank Arm Material: Forged Alloy Chainring Material: Lightweight Aluminium Use: MTB Speed: 12 speed Number of Chainrings: 1 Chainring Included: Yes Chainring Tooth Count: Multiple options available Crank Arm Length: Multiple options available Axle Diameter: Boost Chainline: 56.5mm Chainring BCD: For use with 157mm O.L.D. frames 5 Arm or 4 Arm: 4 arm Chainring Mount: Direct mount Design: 2-piece Dyna-Sys Compatible: Yes Compatibility: 12 speed Dyna-Sys MTB HG-X transmissions Is BB Included: HollowTech II integrated bottom bracketPart Numbers: 30T 170mm: FCM6130C0; 30T 175mm: FCM6130E0; 32T 170mm: FCM6130C2; 32T 175mm: FCM6130E2Technologies: HollowTech II: HollowTech II integrated bottom bracket design uses a wide bearing placement with a large axle diameter for increased stiffness, efficiency and added durability. A 2-year warranty is offered with all Shimano products from Chain Reaction Cycles (3 years on Dura-Ace and XTR products).Buy Shimano Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
  • Full Category: Components > Cranksets
  • Size: 30t
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