Evan, Thanks a bunch for alerting me to David's FS post. I have sent him a PM. In a long run I want to have a bit more fancier one. But Suntour XC will likely look fancy enough once I see it. Besides, it comes with a 40t chainring, which is probably the only chainring I'll need for a while.
Spa Cycles crank is indeed a great deal! If David's options does not pan out I'll try Spa. Cheers, Ash On Tuesday, 15 September 2020 at 23:03:45 UTC-7 Evan E. wrote: > Ash, > > If you search “FS - Suntour XC, XT, Dura Ace, Tires, etc.” on the iBOB > list, you’ll find a Sugino AT crankset, 170, offered from listmember David > KW for $50. The AT is a triple, but of course you could run it as a > compact double. > > If you search for “Spa Cycles XD-2 Touring Cranks“ you’ll find unbranded > silver Sugino crank arms for 27 pounds sterling. Double or triple, with > arms 160, 165, 170, 172.5, or 175. I just saw a note on their site that > because of COVID they are not shipping outside of the UK. But perhaps that > will change? At any rate, the shipping costs about 20 pounds if I recall, > but hey, the crank arms cost 27 pounds. They offer complete cranksets, too. > > Just two more options to consider! > > Evan > > On Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 9:14:22 PM UTC-7 Ash wrote: > >> All, much appreciate all the recos. >> >> Now I know what to hunt for (if I choose to go the classics route on >> eBay) or budget for (IRD/VO). The Silver cranks are superb, but I feel >> that it better suites (in terms of aesthetics) a country bike like Sam or >> Atlantis. >> >> In the past I have seen some bike pictures on this forum that had really >> cool looking minimal crank sets that I would have loved to put on the >> Roadini. Wish I had asked the owners for details. >> >> I'd be interested to hear if anybody has experience running 1x with >> chainring that's not specifically designed for 1x. In general I'm a fan of >> 2x setup. I have Rivendell's Clipper wide low and XT 28/40t cranks. They >> have worked perfectly for me on various Riv-fied hybrids/MTBs, Appaloosa, >> Atlantis and Susie. After riding those bikes this Roadini doesn't even >> feel like it needs multiple gears! For the speeds I ride, there's no need >> for a chainring bigger than 44t ever. If I compromise the top speed a >> little more and go with single 40 or 42t chainring, I can probably manage >> most uphill roads around here with 34t cog, provided the setup can be >> reliable. >> >> Again, thanks for the pointers! >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/74acd1b3-6920-4938-944e-ca5e22ccd26bn%40googlegroups.com.
