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.
Polished XT crank with boone Ti HD chainring.
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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. 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... ๐
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/53067724@N00/90157869/ ]Snapped Crank[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/53067724@N00/ ]Jon Wyatt[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/53067724@N00/5454600810/ ]crack[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/53067724@N00/ ]Jon Wyatt[/url], on Flickr
HTH
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 ๐
no pics, but taking my new 34t winky wonky wobbly goldtec ring to the black park race tomorrow.. They're good aint they?
Not singlespeed, but running 1x10 using a m970 xtr chainset with a Renthal SR4 34t chainring
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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.
takisawa2 - Member
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!
standard shimano for me but velosolo have some nice looking stuff.
standard shimano for me but velosolo have some nice looking stuff.
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...
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That's when they were new. Still running on a new singlespeed.
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?
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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.
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