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 - -- 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.
