Hi Catherina, Going with a Shimano freehub seems unlikely to be relevant, since the problem is with shifting your front chainrings. They appear to not be have any features like "ramps" and "pins" that are intended to make shifting chainrings easier. I believe you would be able to fix your shifting by swapping to chainrings that do have those features. It is possible that the crank is simply designed with wide spacing between the chainrings that isn't compatible with 10-speed chain - I don't know enough about that to say one way or the other.
Chainrings designs all match a few standards, so you should be able to get Shimano or SRAM chainrings (based on your picture, look for 110mm bolt circle diameter). You do have a 10-speed cassette, so make sure you get 10-speed chainrings and use 10-speed chain. -Wes On Friday, July 29, 2022 at 6:28:53 AM UTC-7 Catherina Gioino wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I bought a 50cm Roadini a few months ago from someone who had built it up > himself and barely ridden it, and I love it– I started getting things in > orange just to match the RBW orange that leaves heads turning on my rides. > After less than 1000 miles on it (mostly in the city, plus some relatively > tame trail riding) I discovered multiple cracks on my rear rim. The rims > are Velocity A23’s with White Industries hubs, and the cracks are around a > couple of spokes. Pictures below. > > Complicating this is the fact that I’ve been having issues with my > shifting. It’s set up with Campagnolo front and rear derailleurs, 10 speed > chain and 2x8 gearing. The front derailleur doesn’t shift into the small > chainring, and when it does manage to shift, it jumps off or gets stuck in > between the two chainrings. Main issue seems to be some combination of > too-thin chain being incompatible with older chainrings. Pictures of > drivetrain for reference below. > > I want to keep the White Industries hub, but I more pressingly want to fix > my shifting problems at the same time as getting a new rear wheel. I could > have a new wheel built up around the hub, using a Shimano freehub, which > would allow me to shift to Shimano and hopefully fix my shifting problems > (but I’d have to replace the entire drivetrain), or I could buy an entirely > new wheel. > > I’m hoping the group can help me decide what to do. > > 1. > > What would you recommend I do since I need a new wheel but also want > to fix the shifting? > 2. > > Maybe someone here has a 700c rear wheel they’re not using that they > would be willing to sell. > > -- 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/8b570eff-3b7d-4392-89c2-b8215278c34cn%40googlegroups.com.
