Since you stated you are a bit new to all of this, I am curious as to exactly why you are so focused on a lower Q?
Bill S San Diego On Wednesday, January 10, 2024 at 9:26:06 AM UTC-8 Adam wrote: > Thanks, > > Great ideas already. I have thought about the VO cranks, but want slightly > lower gearing if I'm going to the trouble of swapping. > > For Ron, or anyone else, does swapping the large ring for a bash guard > allow for a lower Q? I assumed that would stay the same? > > I'm going to look at the Alex cycle option, your pic is exactly what I > want to do. Is there a clever way to piece something like that together > from older stuff on eBay? Guessing it may take knowledge I don't have > > Adam > > On Wednesday, January 10, 2024 at 11:15:31 AM UTC-6 Ron Mc wrote: > >> adding a ps - another use of your triple crank, there are some virtually >> weightless bash guards out there if you want to make it a compact double. >> >> [image: Rw6vTY9.jpg] >> >> On Wednesday, January 10, 2024 at 10:44:54 AM UTC-6 Ron Mc wrote: >> >>> Hi Adam, >>> take a look at VO Rando crank. >>> If you can find them, Sun XCD makes their 50.8 BCD and chainrings, which >>> I'm running on 2 bikes. . >>> I was on SJS Cycles last night looking at rings, and noticed they still >>> have some T/A-5 chainrings. >>> On Wednesday, January 10, 2024 at 10:15:06 AM UTC-6 Adam wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> Adjacent to the triples thread, I'm thinking about moving away from a >>>> triple to a double in order to get a lower Q. >>>> >>>> What are options for double cranksets that are around 40/26 or so? I >>>> think that would be doable with the Rene Herse cranks, but too much $$$ >>>> for >>>> me. Are there any cheaper options that will do that and give me a q in the >>>> 140s? >>>> >>>> Second, drivetrain stuff is a little new to me. What determines how >>>> small a q factor a specific bike can have? I'm assuming chainstays play a >>>> role here? This hypothetical project is for a Hillborne, so I'd be curious >>>> what folks have used to get low q on their Hillbornes. I'm assuming I may >>>> have to change the BB as well. >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> Adam >>>> >>> -- 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/a82cfe04-9719-4991-9de9-ad164a0c59d6n%40googlegroups.com.
