Shimano BB at CRC

anyone rememeber being able to buy deore chainsets for less than that?

XTR Chainring 😯

All George Osbourne’s fault!

<shakes fist>

……and then I saw this 😯 😯 and double 😯

That chainring’s a bargain! This is retail!

I think I’ll be putting some new bearings in old bb cups.

Suddenly singlespeed looks like the sensible option.

£166 for a **** chainring – how much to make one of those….

…its why i have been replaced my last XT middle ring with a Deore.

It’s getting to the point when XTR is just for the sponsored riders.

A few years ago I was into upgrading when parts wore out, now I look for stuff that’s going to last. £160 chainring will not make for a better ride but does represent a lot of petrol/food/oil etc.

The racers need the edge from Ti/Carbon composite but stick it on my bike and it would be like putting alloy wheels on a chaved up Nova.