White industries VBC is nice, but expensive. Otherwise I would just get a standard Sugion crank, those last awhile.
On Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 9:05:38 AM UTC-5, Johnny Alien wrote: > > So I am planning a winter build of a new road bike and am getting a list > of what parts I want to put on it. I am stuck a bit on what I want to do > with the crankset. I know I want to go compact double but that's about it. > I don't mind spending some cash but don't want to spend silly money either. > My ideal would have been the Sugino Alpina that VO used to sell in 48/34. > That seems to be gone and there are very few Sugino 48/34 offering and > most are lower quality. So if I give up on finding 48/34 my options open > up a but with the 50/34 group. The Alpina is available but only the Alpina > 2 which I think is slightly lower quality. There is also the IRD Defiant > in that group that gets really good reviews but also has a very different > look. That crankset is actually available in a wide 46/30 range which > sounds very useful but not sure how that would work for mostly road riding > conditions. > > Any advice on nice 48/34 square BB offerings? What about the 50/34? IRD, > Sugino....other nice offerings. I like the WI cranks but they get too > expensive in the long run. Anyone use that wide range 46/30? Thanks!! > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
