Unlike FSA’s top line chainsets, the Team Issue has an alloy skeleton to which the carbon composite arms and spider are bonded. The axle is oversized to 24mm diameter and made of super tough and stiff chromoly. The outer finish is a unidirectional carbon with classy graphics that have proved hardwearing, as they’re applied underneath the final lacquer.
The standard Team Issue weighs in at a reasonable 730g. As FSA’s most modest carbon model we’d expect compromises, but the chainset is as rigid as we’d like, hardwearing and has stayed relatively scuff free. The ring bolts are steel rather than alloy; that adds weight and they don’t resist corrosion and discolouring as well as we’d like.
