The only theoretical concern I can think of is you may get some skating between front rings from a 9-spd chain on cranks spaced for 6/7/8-spd. But in reality - assuming front friction shifting - you'll just make sure you're shoving that chain over properly and all will be well.
Joe Bernard On Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 10:11:45 AM UTC-8 brenton...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi, > > I am thinking about going NOS or near-new-vintage crankset for a build. > Nothing against modern stuff, but eBay seems to have a plethora of nice > shimano 105/600 cranksets in great shape for under $100. > > I know 90s road bike gearing was more focused on racing with small > cassettes in the rear. But has anyone had success or suggestions > for/against getting an older shimano square taper road double with 53/39 or > 52/42ish and paired with an 11-36 9spd cassette? Seems like Riv doesn't > offer any doubles with outer ring bigger than 46 and the smaller rings are > in the 20s. > > I have a triple on my Sam and spend 90% of my time in the middle ring, > even on tough climbs, and I've had several doubles on vintage road bikes/CX > bikes in the past. > -- 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/dcc4f642-7489-49e0-9635-4f1f3d2faaf6n%40googlegroups.com.
