I threw in a nice Bottom Bracket on the TA Carmina simply because earlier in this thread we were comparing the Sugino OX80ID which comes with a bottom bracket. When I guessed out of thin air that the OX80ID would probably cost more than $500, bfd said that would price them out of the market. I was just pointing out that some people would and do spend $700 for a crank system that is not carbon. I am not currently in the market for parts in that price tier, either, so $500 would price me out of the market, too.
My ideal would be for the $115 XD2 or the Mighty Tour to just come in a 94/58 configuration. I could experiment with a lot of things with that foundation. I see no technical advantage for compact doubles to have chosen the 110/74 format over the 94/58. Both are well established standards. You can find rings for both easily. 94/58 is obviously superior if you want to run a compact double for off-road or loaded riding. I sincerely doubt there is any significant difference in stiffness or weight. 110/74 probably 'won' just on looks or some other whim. It's particularly frustrating to me since Sugino used to make 94/58 cranks. I have two sets of Sugino/Ritcheys and they are nearly the perfect crankset for me. I'd really love to get a set of the old Sugino Mighty 9000 from ~1995. Those things were sweet! On Aug 4, 12:28 pm, bfd <bfd...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Aug 4, 12:04 pm, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > > > William includes the cost of the bottom bracket and the tax. No > > matter the crankset, you will need a bottom bracket. If you buy the > > TA from Peter White, no taxes unless you are in New Hampshire. > > Agree, but the price for the crankset without bb and tax was $466, > that's more than the $285 I cited for the White. Further, the place I > cited gives another 10% discount AND no tax! So the white crankset, > WITHOUT BB, is $256. Moreover, the place also had a free shipping > option. A little bit cheaper than the TA. > > > You can also save money buying less expensive chain rings. TA > > chainrings are more expensive than most. They are also much better > > made and will perform better and longer than most other brands. If > > long lasting performance is of value, spending a few dollars more up > > front makes sense. > > Agree, I have TA rings on one bike - expensive, but good stuff! I > would put it in the same category as Campy rings! In fact, TA rings > may be better! Still, Sugino and many others made very good rings that > last a long time too. > > > The beauty of the TA Carmina is its flexibility. Being able to change > > spiders allows a lot of configurations not available with other > > cranks. > > Since the William was talking about a double with a 46/30 ring combo, > that comes in 172.5mm, the White would fit that too. In fact, you > could get a double with a 52/24 if that's what works for you. 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.
