Johnny, If you choose a 48/34 the Sugino Mighty Tour is every bit and more than the Alpina ever was . Smooth anodising on both sides of course :) And their best chainrings to boot. http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/hasirin/imgs/9/f/9f1c5606.jpg http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/hasirin/imgs/b/4/b4b42a96.jpg http://www.cyclofiend.com/Images/rbw/pdf/original_twocranksblogcomp.pdf
As for the 48/34 vs. a 46/30 I'd say it depends on your cassette range and your personal prefernece . I'm not a fan of riding smaller rings than a 34 for anything but steep hills, meaning not riding in them for a long time. I'd rather use a 36 with larger cogs the majority of hills. I ride 50/36 with 7sp. 13-32 FW and 48/36/24 with 6sp. 13-28 for my bikes and on flat terrain ride mostly in the 36 for both bikes and the between the middle and large ring for higher speeds. I pretty much use all 6 and 7 cogs per ride . A 46/30 would not be real uselful for me , but again, this is personal preference and opinion as is everyone's input here. The bottom line , no one's opinion matters but your own, know your self and your style of riding. On Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 7:09:21 PM UTC-5, Johnny Alien wrote: > > I am pretty sure that the IRD is the same as the VO cranks. I actually > have no problem with getting the cranks and chainrings seperately but it > seems like that would make my decision harder as then I need to decide on > what crank arms to get and what chainrings to pair them too, etc. My brain > is already overloaded. I suppose I could get an Alpine 2 which is a nice > crankset and just replace the large ring with a 48. The Rene Herse looks > great too (although expensive) but now you guys are making me thing that > the IRD Defiant Wide might be the way to go. > -- 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.
