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Submitted by
Francois Begin
a Weekend Warrior
from Chicoutimi
Date Reviewed: 1/7/2006 3:09:49 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Sagamie(21) |
| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Price Paid: | $24 |
| Purchased At: | Direct from cycle dynamics |
| Strengths: | My god they last forever! |
| Weaknesses: | Does not shift like Shimano but not bad at all |
| Similar Products Tried: | Shimano Blackspire |
| Bike Setup: | Specialized Enduro with toffee tire and marshmallow suspension |
| Bottom Line: | Read my lips: I will never buy again aluminium rings. I use the middle and the small rings and they cost less than "good" aluminium rings, last three time as long and weight about the same. Call the guys in BC! 24$ small 35$ middle. By the way: no chain suck period! Thanks Cycle Dynamics. |
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Submitted by
Russ
a Cross Country Rider
from Corvallis, OR USA
Date Reviewed: 11/23/2005 11:16:46 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $40 |
| Purchased At: | Cycle Dynamics |
| Strengths: | Light and tough! |
| Weaknesses: | A bit spendy, but worth it. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Syncros hardened aluminum ring, Ritchey rings |
| Bike Setup: | Magnesium hardtail, 8 speed |
| Bottom Line: | I'm actually reviewing the ti middle ring, I got a great deal on a Syncros little ring so I used that when I built my bike. After 9 months, the Syncros is showing wear on the teeth, but the CD ti ring looks brand new. Just upgraded to 9-speed, so I'm tossing the Syncros and ordering an inner ring from Cycle Dynamics. |
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Submitted by
Greg B
a Weekend Warrior
from Erindale Village
Date Reviewed: 10/5/2005 7:32:29 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Uncle Hilty |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $35 |
| Purchased At: | Cove Productions |
| Strengths: | Light, strong, shifts great, ti sex appeal, lasts longer, skilled craftsmanship instead of stamped by a machine, fairly inexpensive. |
| Weaknesses: | No outer big ring available. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Shimano. Aluminum middle rings wear too easily. |
| Bike Setup: | Giant AC, Marzocchi Pro MX ETA 120 mil, XT shifting, Sram chain/cassette, Hayes Hydro discs, Berzerker seat(best cheap improvement), Time pedals. Eats technical trail. |
| Bottom Line: | Only a few rides but great so far. New chain and cassette doesn't hurt either I'm sure. I'm 195 Lbs and spend 99% of the time in the middle ring, under some heavy torque. Aluminum middle rings never made sense. Suggest anyone use them, no drawbacks unless you ride just a few times per year. Maybe this is premature, if so I'll send another update later (everyone is usually enamored with a new purchase right?). |
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Submitted by
Kent
a Cross Country Rider
from Maryland
Date Reviewed: 9/28/2005 7:06:00 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Purchased At: | cycle dynamics |
| Strengths: | Strong, light. Sweet, sweet, Titanium! |
| Weaknesses: | None |
| Similar Products Tried: | See my other review |
| Bike Setup: | See my other review |
| Bottom Line: | Just ordered a second set of these for my back-up bike. Paul at Cycle Dynamics was once again a real pleasure to do business with. I ordered Thursday and got my rings the following Tues., all the way from BC to Maryland! I should clarify my pricing from my first post, $85 is what I paid for both the inner and middle ring. I think the break down was approx. $35 inner and $50 middle. If you are tired of replacing chains and chainrings every couple of months, get these, you'll save money in the end. Not only are they stronger and lighter, your chain life will increase as well! Like a King headset, these are a must on every bike. |
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Kent
a Cross Country Rider
from Maryland
Date Reviewed: 9/20/2005 8:46:36 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $85 |
| Purchased At: | cycle dynamics |
| Strengths: | I bought both the 22t and 32t rings for my Cake 3dlx and run a bash guard in place of the 44t. These chainrings are amazing, they still don't show any wear after 6 months of riding 3 times/wk. They shift great and seem to have cured my chainsuck issues that were associated with the oem chainrings. Bottom line; I don't ever think about them, that's how good they are. The folks at Cycle Dynamics were very friendly and got my rings to me in less than a week from BC to Maryland! I've read reviews from others suggesting that these rings will be around longer than the bike you put them on and I believe! |
| Weaknesses: | None. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Shimano xt and whatever junk Fisher spec'd on the '05 Cake. |
| Bike Setup: | '05 Cake 3dlx, Reba Team U-turn w/poploc, fsa carbon riser bars, Titec carbon seatpost, Crossmax XL w/Hutchinson Bulldog UST's, XT 2-pc cranks, king headset, xt rapid rise rear der., xt cassette, hayes hfx-9 hydro discs. |
| Bottom Line: | This is a great product. Initial cost is higher than standard rings but my friends have been through 3 sets to my one and I'm confident I'll outlast another 3 sets of theirs! If they ever make a 24t and 26t inner chainring, I'm buying, again! |
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Submitted by
Gerry Zepeda
a Cross Country Rider
from Sacramento, CA
Date Reviewed: 9/11/2005 4:07:53 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $45 |
| Purchased At: | Internet |
| Strengths: | Strong, light |
| Weaknesses: | None |
| Similar Products Tried: | Shimano |
| Bike Setup: | Cannondale |
| Bottom Line: | I love this chainring. Very durable, the customer service from the company is great!! I got sick and tired of going through ring after ring on the Shimano side. In addition I bought a couple of cogs for the rear cassette and it rides soo smooth. The Investment is worth it. |
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Submitted by
doug
a Cross Country Rider
from san jose, ca
Date Reviewed: 11/6/2004 1:43:32 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years |
| Purchased At: | 22.00 |
| Strengths: | precision sprocket, good value |
| Weaknesses: | none |
| Similar Products Tried: | raceface and shimano steel and aluminum |
| Bike Setup: | racer x set up nicely |
| Bottom Line: | this ring (22 tooth) has performed perfectly. i never have chain suck and it shows little wear. the steel ring my Turbine LP came with deformed and was a problem very quickly. it was too soft. aluminum rings wear more than the Ti. a good steel ring would wear the best but i don't know of any. anyway, i put pretty high loads on this thing and it has held up way better than i thought it would. i highly reccomend it. |
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Submitted by
Noctal
a Cross Country Rider
from Lisbon
Date Reviewed: 3/17/2003 2:25:17 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $30 |
| Strengths: | Low wear, reasonable weight and great price. |
| Weaknesses: | Slightly worse shifting than top of the line Shimano |
| Similar Products Tried: | Shimano Truvativ |
| Bottom Line: | If you are tired of fast wearing Aluminum rings try these out. You are guaranteed to notice the longer duration. Under adverse conditions they seem to be less prone to suck. Quite often they will take more crank angle to shift than top of the line Shimano. I will never go back to Shimano middle and granny as long as these rings are on the market. I would have given it 5 overall if they shifted just a little better. |
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Submitted by
Mike T.
a cross-country rider
from Woodstock, Ont. Canada.
Date Reviewed: 12/14/1997 |
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I've had mine since the start of the '97 season and it has worked perfectly. No wear and no chainsuck. What else can I say? Oh, yeah, I can say it's a Canadian product. Yeah ! Francois won't let me post until I have a total of 50 words describing this product but there isn't much to say about a granny ring, eh? I'm probably past 50 by now. Uhh? It's silvery-grey. |
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