I’m going to go to 2×9 on an XT M770 with 26/36 chainrings. I have always bought Shimano rings as replacements but what are good (if any) alternatives?

[weight weenie]Would prefer to keep weight to a minimum.[/weight weenie]

As ever, thank you for your views/ input.

Anyone?

Blackspire, Raceface, TA?

Middleburn?

Chinook.

Never had problems with RaceFace ones, bit pricey though.

not sure about Middleburn

we used to sell a lot of them to customers with shimano cranksets, and many complained about bad chainsuck and poor shifting (lag)

we used to get problems in the workshop trying to setup dual rings with Middleburn, especially the granny gear which would cause shifting problems and chain snagging

replaced a number of these problems setups with genuine shimano rings and the problems went away…

love to buy british, but not sure about the middleburn rings?

always found Race Face rings very tough with good shifting and minimal chainsuck

Nothing wrong with shimano ones imo. Plenty of choice too:

http://www.dalesbikedoctor.co.uk/category/shimano_chainrings

good link mickle141. you have just saved me about £7.50