For what it is worth, these are in the same wholesale price league as White industry crank sets with a WI bottom bracket. Likewise the Compass RH offering is just a bit more without a bottom bracket. The corresponding retail prices all appear to be in the hunt as well if you shop around, and or ask your retailer of choice. IMO the real differences come down to aesthetics, bottom bracket style, if ramped and pinned rings mean anything to you, and country of origin. What is really good is the fact that there are finally choices in the market that allow for lower ranged well spaced doubles and triples.
The next step is finding a front derailer made in the last 20 years that works well with a 48-44 ring and a 16-20 tooth gap between rings. There are a few great vintage options, but new is a little harder to find. Rob (very excited for a Christmas Roadeo project that is getting closer to done) oceanaircycles.com Ventura, Ca On Wednesday, December 5, 2012 10:04:14 AM UTC-8, William wrote: > > Among the highlights is that Soma finally is embracing the inherent > flexibility of the chainring choices. When they started offering the $500 > flavor, they didn't offer it with anything smaller than a 34T small ring, > which is what we all can already get with every other 110mm bcd crankset. > Now they offer all the rings as freebie configuration options. That's > pretty cool. It'll be interesting to get a weight on it. Remember that if > Soma has it, Merry Sales also has it, so you can buy it from you LBS if > they deal with Merry Sales. > > On Wednesday, December 5, 2012 9:40:29 AM UTC-8, Garth wrote: >> >> It's already up on Soma website .... $360 . >> >> http://store.somafab.com/suoxcrarwcu.html >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/9OsFlz7a73cJ. 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.
