And, Don't forget the Middleburn 2x9. http://www.mtbtandems.com/
Cheers! On Aug 4, 2010, at 10:08 AM, William wrote: > 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. > James Valiensi, PE Northridge, CA H818.775.1847 M.818.585.1796 -- 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.
