Mike, I love my 50/30 setup on the 94bcd ritcheys, but there is a point on some grades where I just hop off and push it up. I draw the line at granny gears that keep me moving at or less than walking speed. The only bummer I have had over the last year and a half is a bit of deflection in my 50 TA ring. While the 94 bcd arms provide greater support than an old TA, there is still some give. I would speculate that this would not be as big a problem on a 48 or 46 ring. In this regard the 110 bcd of the new Sugino will provide a little better support for the outer chain ring.
While I have been stock piling Ritchey compact cranks I wran across these, http://www.starbike.com/php/product_info.php?lang=en&pid=3377 and they come in colors if that is your thing, blue would probably look pretty good on my roadeo. These seem to get good feedback from the guys on MTBR. Current exchange rates could get them to your door with TA rings for about $400. but if you were shopping at starbike you might as well pick up a son hub and some lights. Rob On Jan 21, 12:05 pm, Michael_S <mikeybi...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > The only concern I would have with that combination is the lack of a > real low gear. There are climbs I do, especially on dirt roads, that > something like a 24-28 or 30 is far easier to maintain for a 30 min. > duration then would be a 30-28. On shorter climbs you can get out of > the saddle to help and most paved roads are designed and built with > reasonable grades. > > I wish there were some curently available cranks in the 94bcd, it > seems to me the perfect design for a compact double without all the > extra bolts of the TA. > > ~Mike > > On Jan 21, 11:11 am, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I'm running a 44/30 on a 94mm bolt circle with an 11-28 9 speed > > cassette and it's spectacular. I can cruise easily at 20kph in the > > middle of the cogset on the 30. I can cruise quickly at 20mph in the > > middle of the cogset on the 44. My highest gear is a 44-11 and I can > > spin that out on a decent and be right at 40mph, beyond which I always > > have been happy to coast. I'm going to try 46/29 sometime (I already > > have the rings), but so far so good. With a double, the chainline > > allows all 18 combinations to be used, although I still avoid the two > > extreme crosschain combinations (44-28 and 30-11). 16 totally usable > > gears with basically zero overlaps. Furthermore, with the Campy > > compact double front der that Riv sells, my setup miraculously is 99% > > trim free. It's great treating your front shifting like a switch, > > instead of gently trying to hit the middle (and, yes, I have a number > > of bikes with a triple. I know how to shift a triple). On a bike > > that won't be heavily loaded, I think having 16 usable and well-spaced > > gears between 28 and 104 gear inches is plenty. > > > On Jan 21, 7:24 am, Michael_S <mikeybi...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > > > > For some reason I still prefer triples. On a long sustained climb in > > > the mountains I find I fatigue less easily if I spin at a certain > > > cadence and force. I also prefer something in the 38-40 tooth range > > > for most flatish riding. Coming down long gradual mountians a ring in > > > the 48-50 range gives me a nice steady pace. It also allows a tighter > > > frewheel/cassette so it's easier to find a nice combinatioin in every > > > terrrain. > > > > The one thing I need to try is something like a 44-29 to see if the 44 > > > can meet most conditions. I have been scouring EBAY looking for 94bcd > > > cranks so I can cobble something together to try it out. > > > > And $500+ for a crankset seems crazy to me . > > > > ~Mike > > > > On Jan 20, 10:27 pm, rinjin <feltov...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Ah, I see. Well if one of those combinations makes sense for you and > > > > you need to save some grams over the VO setup then I guess this makes > > > > a certain kind of sense. For a light-ish road bike I'm pretty happy > > > > with my 50-34 setup. > > > > > Brian > > > > > On Jan 20, 10:07 pm, Earl Grey <earlg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > The cool thing about the 801 is that it has 74 BCD holes as far out as > > > > > where the inner chainring sits (I > > > > > think):http://www.suginoltd.co.jp/english/ox801d_main_english.htm > > > > > (A little hard to tell from the website, but if you look at the left- > > > > > most bolt hole in the third photo you can see that a 74 BCD ring would > > > > > replace the inner ring; i.e. this is not a triple.) > > > > > > So you can replace the inner 110 BCD ring with a 74 BCD ring and run a > > > > > wide range double with an inner ring down to 24 teeth. A pretty cool > > > > > idea, and if they make an XD2/XD600 variant like this, I'll buy it in > > > > > a heartbeat. As far as what's available now, I'd rather get the VO TA > > > > > copy; cheaper and prettier IMO. > > > > > > Gernot > > > > > > On Jan 21, 11:37 am, rinjin <feltov...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > I don't mind the looks so much, but the price seems a little high. > > > > > > Is > > > > > > there an advantage over a Campy 10s crankset, either Veloce or > > > > > > Centaur, with PowerTorque? Like this:http://tinyurl.com/4logk38. And > > > > > > about $300 cheaper. What am I missing? Low Q factor? > > > > > > > Brian > > > > > > Park City > > > > > > > On Jan 20, 2:40 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > >http://store.somafab.com/suoxcoplrocr.html > > > > > > > > Soma Fab actually has the Sugino OX801D in stock. Crankset and > > > > > > > BB for > > > > > > > a whopping $529. Way too expensive for many of us, and too > > > > > > > spaceshippy looking for many of us. That's about what I thought > > > > > > > it > > > > > > > would cost. Somebody building a totally tricked-out Roadeo > > > > > > > should run > > > > > > > these and show them off. High-end road bits can still be > > > > > > > carbon-free > > > > > > > if they want to be.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
