I was successful in using a VO 50.4 crankset set up with TA chainrings (42 / 26). VO does not make any smaller chainrings than their stock setup when you purchase it, unfortunately (it comes stock with 46/30). Yes, the setup can end up being a bit pricey, but if you want lower ratios, this is one such solution.
I chose that combo as I installed it on a gravel bike that would see some climbing where we live (foothills of Southern California). It worked okay, but gotta say I might have wished for a bit lower gearing (I ran an 11-speed cassette - 11 / 34). Since I ran an 11-speed chain, the chain fell between the chainrings with the stock VO hardware and TA rings. I was able to solve this problem by swapping out the stock VO small ring spacers with slightly thinner ones made by Wheels Manufacturing. Shifting is spot-on. Good luck, Jeff Claremont, CA On Saturday, October 8, 2022 at 4:23:06 PM UTC-4 J wrote: > Howdy folks, > > I'm preparing parts for a new bike and I'm stuck on cranksets. I'd like to > run, what I think is called a sub compact double, but something in the > range of 42-26, or 44-26. I could just buy shorter chainring bolts and pull > the outer big ring off a triple crank (Sugino AT?) like I've done for > years, but I was hoping to do something a bit better looking this time > around. > > The Sunxcd is sold out everywhere, I've never been to keen on White > Industries and only having black chainrings, RH are beautiful but too > expensive, TA are tough to nab on ebay, I don't think I can get that low > with the Velo Orange Grand Cru. > > 11-32 or 11-34 cassette. > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f857533a-770b-4cb3-bc3f-8fa3831efddcn%40googlegroups.com.
