Those White VBC's have been on my radar for quite some time, also. My big hangups about those include fear about the flexiness of a chainring with no spider supporting it, and fear of being completely out of luck down the line with a proprietary chainring format on the big ring.
On Aug 4, 9:42 am, bfd <bfd...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Aug 4, 8:04 am, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > The TA is a fantastic option at least for me. 50/34 compact doubles > > are almost literally a dime a dozen these days. To try out the > > compact double thing I bought a square taper Campy Mirage for $30 on > > ebay, NIB. The key things for me are: > > > comes in 172.5 > > takes a 29 or 30 tooth small ring > > looks appropriate for whatever bike I am running > > doesn't completely break the bank > > > The TA is a great option, but the pieces really do add up in price > > > $250 for arms > > $90 for a spider > > $84 for a 46 ring > > $42 for a 30 ring > > > That's $466 without a bottom bracket. Add a Phil Wood BB and some tax/ > > shipping and we're talking a $700 chunk. I'm sure it's worth every > > penny it costs, but that's a lot of dollars. > > $700?! Wow, that is a lot of money. Hey, if you got it, go for it! > However, another alternative you may want to consider is the White > Industries VBC crank: > > http://www.whiteind.com/cranks/roadcranks.html > VB > > VBC = variable bolt circle so you can run anywhere from a 24t up to > 38t for the inner ring; and 38t up to 52t for the outer ring. Or you > can run it as a single! > > With a 46t and 30t rings, the cost is around > $285:http://www.ride-this.com/index.php/white-industries-road-vbc-cranks.h... > > It also comes in both polish silver and black! Good Luck! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
