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Anyone running one of these? Done a quick search but not much came up. Are there still issues with a tripple chaniset taking the paint off? Thanks
I run one, but it's a double chainset rather than a triple. Reading some other forums it seems that depending on which triple you pick will have an effect on if it rubs or not. On-one are pretty good if you call them and speak to the bike builders.
My wife has been riding her Whippet for a month or two now. It has a triple chainset. I modified the inner ring slightly and so far it has been fine - if you find an earlier thread you will see a picture I posted. If I had left it as it was I am fairly sure it would have marked the frame. I would have thought that any BB92 frame will have the same clearance issue if running a triple chainset.
It does seem a very capable frame, she has done pretty well in a couple of xc races on it, and it survived a long weekend at Afan/Cwmcarn.
I was very tempted by the Whippet but the chainring issue has put me off. I know it sounds fairly trivial but I want a frame I can run through the mud and grime of Winter and frankly I get the impression the Whippet will end up with plenty of chainstay damage just like my Inbred 853 as a result of chainsuck (...and before we get on to the subject, yes I know frames don't cause chainsuck but in the filth of Winter having little clearance between rings and stay when chainsuck inevitably does occur the stay is going to get a hammering). Shame.
I'd be really interested to know if the whippet has inbred 853 geometry from a few years ago or is more scandal like as seems to be the case from the website.
it'd be a definate buy if the former was the case
Thanks for the info everyone.