Aside from superstar (who I would happily use but they’re out of stock of black cx rings), who makes nw cx rings (I.e. 5 bolt, 110pcd)?

Not mega urgent so if there are some that have them in the pipeline I’d be interested…

Race Face CX 110mm BCD

AbsoluteBlack

Been running one of theirs since last July on Ultegra cranks.

Hope do 5 bolt 110 rings, 38t to 44t.

thanks all, have a hope retainer on my anthem, i’ll look into those – i hadn’t realised they did them in cx too.

Doval do an oval 110bcd.

I’ve bought a hope one recently. Westbrook Cycles have then in stock in all sizes in black. It handled its trial run (a very bumpy round of the Western Summer Series) just fine.

It handled its trial run (a very bumpy round of the Western Summer Series) just fine.

interesting – shimano or Sram? If the latter Type 2 clutch mech?

My hope one has done well so far – no chain drops and I’m not running a clutch mech.

good good, what I wanted to hear 🙂 I’ll be running shimano 10 speed, but with the rear mech spring mod.

rear mech spring mod.

???

http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/rear-derailleur-overhaul

ah ha. Cheers.

One of my teammates ran Absolute Black/10spd with the spring mod setups all last season with zero problems.

I’ve had no problems with wolftooth rings (only manufacturer I’ve found for 135 bcd)and bog-standard 105 and ultegra mechs.

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It handled its trial run (a very bumpy round of the Western Summer Series) just fine.
interesting – shimano or Sram? If the latter Type 2 clutch mech?

Bog-standard 10spd 105 with a short cage r/mech. So no clutch.

Only ridden it twice like this. One test ride, featuring everything I could think of to try and drop the chain: bumpy terrain; shifting across the entire cassette whilst pedalling as choppily as possible; and one race. Seems completely unflappable. It hasn’t seen any (real) mud yet though.

EDIT: I’d seen that spring mod doing my research but forgotten all about it during the build 😕 Might have to try that.