What was so good about the TA Zephyr other than a nice finish? This new/old Rene Herse crankset has some nice features compared to 110mm BCD cranksets like the Zephyr, including lower Q and the option to set it up as a truly wide range double. Plus it is beautiful and light weight. If 110mm BCD cranksets meet your needs there are many nice ones, including the Zephyr and Ritchey Logic, to be found on eBay.
David G, Madison WI On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 11:03 PM, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com>wrote: > I would have liked to have seen them recreate the TA Zephyr cranks. I > mean if you're going to the effort & expense of all new tooling, do it for > something that is not near-proprietary and that a subset of the Retrogrouch > multiverse is always clamoring for, myself included. > > Just you wait till I'm King of the World! > > > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 8:53 PM, Ryan Ray <ryanr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> *The Velo Orange "Grand Cru" 50.4 bcd cranks:* >> >> Q-factor around 139mm >> 165mm, 170mm, 175mm lengths >> easy to find vintage chain ring options >> Chain rings from 50 down to 28 will fit >> 550g >> unfortunate VO type all over them >> *$200* >> >> *Compass Herse Cranks:* >> >> Q-factor around 142mm >> 171 length >> not easy to find vintage chain ring options if possible at all >> Chain rings from 50 down to 24 will fit >> 540g >> small, beautiful rene herse logo >> *$385* >> >> I'm not saying the Rene Herse cranks aren't amazing and higher quality. I >> also think the RH cranks are the best looking cranks I've ever seen. If I >> had ridden PBP every year for the last 5 years on the same bike I'd be >> pre-ordering one of these cranks right now. As it is I'm still playing with >> just the right chain ring set up on my bike before choosing the VO/GC 50.4 >> cranks or the Alpina on sale at VO right now. >> >> - Ryan >> >> > > > -- > Cheers, > David > Redlands, CA > > > > > -- 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.
