Re: [RBW] Re: Oh snap! Now you can buy the ultimate crankset!

2011-01-22 Thread omnigrid
five hundred bucks really isnt all that much money among modern cranks. an equivalent dura ace or record would be 500 bucks or more. On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 7:58 PM, pruckelshaus wrote: > Nice, but $529 is STEEP. I think I'd rather see something like the > Mighty Tour > http://www.suginoltd.co

[RBW] Re: Oh snap! Now you can buy the ultimate crankset!

2011-01-21 Thread pruckelshaus
Nice, but $529 is STEEP. I think I'd rather see something like the Mighty Tour http://www.suginoltd.co.jp/english/chainwheelset_MightytourPE110s_english.htm On Jan 20, 4:40 pm, William wrote: > http://store.somafab.com/suoxcoplrocr.html > > Soma Fab actually has the Sugino OX801D in stock.  C

Re: [RBW] Re: Oh snap! Now you can buy the ultimate crankset!

2011-01-21 Thread Horace
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 6:45 PM, Mike S wrote: > So, in terms of $ per lb., how far off is that from a brick of gold > buillion? > It is about 1/60th the price of gold. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group,

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2011-01-21 Thread Mike S
So, in terms of $ per lb., how far off is that from a brick of gold buillion? On Jan 21, 8:31 pm, robert zeidler wrote: > Plus it comes in 180mm!!!  I like the idea of a close ratio cassette, > and a wide range double.  What's the largest spread a double-ring > front der will do? > Any body?  Bue

Re: [RBW] Re: Oh snap! Now you can buy the ultimate crankset!

2011-01-21 Thread robert zeidler
Plus it comes in 180mm!!! I like the idea of a close ratio cassette, and a wide range double. What's the largest spread a double-ring front der will do? Any body? Bueller? Bueller? RGZ On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 6:56 PM, William wrote: > "The White Industry crank & BB is $100 less": > > True, s

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2011-01-21 Thread William
"The White Industry crank & BB is $100 less": True, sort of. $85 less if you choose a steel BB. $25 less of you choose a Ti BB "The White Industry crank & BB is a 100 grams less": False. White Crank 665g. White Steel BB 226g. White Ti BB 165g. So 830g total or 891g total. That Sugino is 78

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2011-01-21 Thread rperks
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 T

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2011-01-21 Thread MichaelH
The White Industry crank & BB is $100 less, a 100 grams less, far more versitle, better looking, and made in the USA to boot. michael On Jan 21, 3:05 pm, Michael_S 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 d

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2011-01-21 Thread Michael_S
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

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2011-01-21 Thread William
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 a

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2011-01-21 Thread Garth
On Jan 20, 10:20 pm, Earl Grey wrote: > Just curious, do any of you folks subscribe to Kirby Palm's crank > length formula:http://www.nettally.com/palmk/crankset.html > > Makes intuitive sense to me, but with my shortish 83PBH I should be > using a 179mm crank! My first real bike had a 175mm cra

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2011-01-21 Thread Michael_S
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

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2011-01-20 Thread rinjin
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 wrote: > The cool thing about t

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2011-01-20 Thread omnigrid
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: William > > > > Sender: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:47:46 > > To: RBW Owners Bunch > > Reply-To: rbw-owners-bunch@g

[RBW] Re: Oh snap! Now you can buy the ultimate crankset!

2011-01-20 Thread Earl Grey
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 B

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2011-01-20 Thread rinjin
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, Willi

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2011-01-20 Thread Philip Williamson
I'd rather buy the Sugino Swiss Cross and a Phil magnium-titanium BB and save $150. Philip Philip Williamson www.biketinker.com On Jan 20, 1:40 pm, William wrote: > http://store.somafab.com/suoxcoplrocr.html > > Soma Fab actually has the Sugino OX801D in stock.  Crankset and BB for > a whopp

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2011-01-20 Thread Earl Grey
ners-bunch@googlegroups.com > Subject: [RBW] Re: Oh snap! Now you can buy the ultimate crankset! > > 180?  Ha!  Sugino doesn't even make them in 177.5mm > > To add insult to injury, they not only make them in 172.5mm (my size), > they also make them in the vastly underrat

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2011-01-20 Thread zeidler . robert
To war! Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: William Sender: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:47:46 To: RBW Owners Bunch Reply-To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: [RBW] Re: Oh snap! Now you can buy the ultimate crankset

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2011-01-20 Thread William
180? Ha! Sugino doesn't even make them in 177.5mm To add insult to injury, they not only make them in 172.5mm (my size), they also make them in the vastly underrated 167.5mm. There should be a Clydesdale uprising to storm the gates of Sugino! On Jan 20, 1:42 pm, zeidler.rob...@gmail.com wrote: