That’s right- billet cranks!
Founded to build the sort of products that they want to ride, young brand Rideworks CNC machines a number of components in the UK, sells them at prices not far off many Asian-made competitors, and has a number of interesting projects in the works.
thick and thin.
Available now in five colours, the Narrow Wide/ Thick Thin chainrings sell for a reasonable £38 including UK postage. A singlespeed version goes without the fancy teeth for £32.
The aluminium singlespeed Rear Sprockets feature a nice, wide base, offset teeth, and include a spacer kit for £35. The alloy cog won’t last forever- but the spacers should.
Rideworks’ hub sets are in development now. The ratchet ring has 44 teeth and is met by four pawls for eight-degree engagement. The spring arrangement is unique- only time on the trail will tell how it performs. Target weights are 199g for the front hub, 305g for the rear.
A Garmin-compatible stem cap is nearing production and could be the answer for those whose stems are too short for the standard GPS mount.
Here’s something we haven’t seen in some time: a proper CNC-machined crank. Looking quite angular in early prototypes, it will be interesting to see how heel clearance shapes up. This one seems a bit further from market, but may be worth watching (especially for those of us who came up in the ’90s).
Update 30 October: Rideworks would like to reiterate that the cranks and hubs are still in development and will likely evolve beyond what’s seen here.
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tidy those cranks up a bit, and make them in proper short (130/140/150mm) sizes, and you’ll make a killing from triathletes / time-triallers /anyone under 5’8″.
WTF, an aluminium SS cog?
Elegance and styling didnt feature very highly in the objectives when they designed those cranks.
not sure about those springs in the freehub – the vast majority of the length look surplus to requirements judging by the bend in them.
Surely a leaf spring would be more efficient and effective?
Wonder whos biro’s dont click anymore?
Hope bulb hubs run springs behind the pawls, but they’re compressed inline and are properly pocketed behind the pawl.
Bending coil springs is not the way forward, replacements should be easy enough to steal from the office supply cupboard though!
That stuff looks terrible. Given the way the springs are being abused, the machined rather than forged cranks and the lack of any tidying on the finished crank suggests Technology student being allowed to play with fancy toys. There’s a sufficient lack of material understanding there to keep me away at least.