Looking for some new cranks and need some inspiration.

Well I am using Saint triple on one bike with a bash guard and no inner- bombproof and on the other I have used set of Shimano Exiage 300LX cranks with a middleburn ring (it’s a 1989 Marin so I felt period cranks are appropriate).

On both SS bikes I use 8/9 speed rings and have never had a chain escape.

So pick up a second hand set of Shimano, Raceface… or whatever takes your fancy and remove the ouer and inner ring and job done cheaply.

Well I am using Saint triple on one bike with a bash guard and no inner- bombproof and on the other I have used set of Shimano Exiage 300LX cranks with a middleburn ring (it’s a 1989 Marin so I felt period cranks are appropriate).

On both SS bikes I use 8/9 speed rings and have never had a chain escape.

So pick up a second hand set of Shimano, Raceface… or whatever takes your fancy and remove the ouer and inner ring and job done cheaply.

im just using a X9 tripple but need a new ring cant decide between a Renthal SR4 or wait for one of these

Polished XT crank with boone Ti HD chainring.

2008_1112boonecogs0029 by singlespeedstu, on Flickr

2009_0927ashtonlot0030 by singlespeedstu, on Flickr

If it is a single peice, that Hope ring is totally daft. The amount of metal they have to cut away to leave that is huge. And for a chainrings that will wear out quickly. Unless of course the guard is detachable in some way.
Plain old XT here, with one of Tazzy’s wobble rings. I can’t recomend the wobble rings enough. Simply excellent. Not cheap though. And now he’s talking about a Ti version… 🙂

IMAG0335 by pten2106, on Flickr

Retro square taper FSA Sidewinder crank (donated by amedias from on ‘ere) with a Salsa ring..

it seems to work very effectively.. 8)

EDIT : oooof that shadow is so amateurish.. 😳

Snapped Crank by Jon Wyatt, on Flickr

P1010498 by Jon Wyatt, on Flickr

snapped-deore1 by Jon Wyatt, on Flickr

crack by Jon Wyatt, on Flickr

HTH

Middleburn Uno’s always look pretty neat, especially when clean 😳

well i used to have these…

but i now have these…

but no bike to put them on untill tuesday.

rotor elliptical on the ss race bike

Goltec proto direct mount uno eliptical 35T on Kevs Ibis

also have a proto 35 direct mount on some older middleburn RS7’s and a 34 wonkey like takisawa2 on my jones

wibbly rings for the secret martial art of spinnimoshi 😀

no pics, but taking my new 34t winky wonky wobbly goldtec ring to the black park race tomorrow.. They’re good aint they?

Middleburn UNO here too..

Love them.

8)

Not singlespeed, but running 1×10 using a m970 xtr chainset with a Renthal SR4 34t chainring

P1000885 by le_grande_momo, on Flickr

edit: pic taken when first set up using the original 32t xtr middle ring

Deore cranks with On-One chainring on my Inbred. Sugino XD with a Surly ring on my Solitude.

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If it is a single peice, that Hope ring is totally daft. The amount of metal they have to cut away to leave that is huge. And for a chainrings that will wear out quickly.

Yep, seen it, and held it, very light and very one piece…agree though a lot of effort for something that’s a disposable item really, it’s Hope though so it’ll sell like hot cakes!

Middleburn 180mm RS7 with Homebrewed Components Ti ring and Royce BB

standard shimano for me but velosolo have some nice looking stuff.

standard shimano for me but velosolo have some nice looking stuff.

For sale if anyone wants them 🙂

Middleburn 180mm RS7 with Homebrewed Components Ti ring and Royce BB

I’ve also got a Hombrewed rear cog that’s ready to go on when the Boone one wears out. Eventualy…

2010_1111newcog0003 by singlespeedstu, on Flickr

That’s when they were new. Still running on a new singlespeed.

Velo Solo!

Middleburn Uno on a Sanderson Soloist.

I guess there’s no place for my budget Alivio square taper option here then?

The other’s barely more exciting XT ht2 and a Salsa ring, which is round.

Anyone know when that hope combo is out?

P8153891 by Richard Munro, on Flickr

DSC00249 by Richard Munro, on Flickr

P1080072 by Richard Munro, on Flickr

I guess there’s no place for my budget Alivio square taper option here then?

why not? I ran these cheap FSA’s for years.