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Middleburn Chainring
a Weekend Warrior
from Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Date Reviewed: 11/4/2005 6:32:26 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | any |
| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Purchased At: | LBS |
| Strengths: | Great chainrings, price, looks and cheaper than XTR chainrings |
| Weaknesses: | none |
| Similar Products Tried: | XTR, XT, Raceface, truvativ |
| Bike Setup: | standard |
| Bottom Line: | Great chainrings, price, looks and cheaper than XTR chainrings. |
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Submitted by
Happy Happy
a Weekend Warrior
from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date Reviewed: 7/17/2005 5:44:02 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | any |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Purchased At: | LBS |
| Strengths: | looks, strong and last longer than OEM XTR |
| Weaknesses: | none |
| Similar Products Tried: | none |
| Bike Setup: | standard |
| Bottom Line: | But it, for half the price difference of OEM Shiamano XTR chainrings, very happy, strong and last longer than XTR. |
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Submitted by
Matt
a Cross Country Rider
from Little Rhody
Date Reviewed: 8/25/2000 11:27:16 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Arcadia- Mt Tom |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Strengths: | Strong Light Smooth shifting What else is there??? |
| Weaknesses: | None so far- will update if one is found... |
| Similar Products Tried: | Shimano, Suguino |
| Bike Setup: | GT Xizang, Marzocchi 3.5, Magura Hydraulic brakes, Thompson, Bontrager, WI cranks |
| Bottom Line: | The Suguino rings that came with my White Industries crankset were HORRIBLE. I pretty much only use the middle ring, but found a great deal on a whole set for basically the price of the large ring. Could not pass it up. The difference was immediately noticed, and fantastic. I have not had the amount of time to give these a thorough beating to see how they hold up in the long run, so if there are problems with them I will let you know. Right now, however, there is nothing that I would rather have- and one of my favorite upgrades. If your rings do not work well, you will not be going anywhere..... |
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Submitted by
frog
from uk
Date Reviewed: 7/23/2000 9:18:28 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | sunny, narrow, empty, slightly moist. |
| Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years |
| Strengths: | quality machining, hard as nails |
| Weaknesses: | not as smooth shifting as the shimanoised rings |
| Similar Products Tried: | pace (also great), shimano, sugino, suntour |
| Bike Setup: | Orange Evo O2, LX,XT Manitou SXLT, hope hubs |
| Bottom Line: | Had these on my last two bikes (one ring has lived on 3 frames!) and they just last and last, even the alloy granny ring never developed chainsuck. Worth spending the cash on for the longevity; they last longer, your chains last longer and so does the cassette. |
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Submitted by
Kelvin
a Cross Country Rider
from England
Date Reviewed: 2/29/2000 3:27:56 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Leith Hill |
| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Strengths: | Good quality machining, strong in log attacks |
| Weaknesses: | prone to chainsuck from middle to granny |
| Similar Products Tried: | Shimano LX crank rings |
| Bike Setup: | DNA ti, Pace, x-lite, goldtec, middleburn |
| Bottom Line: | I like the rings, they are strong and last real well. I had a full set of CD rings with my RS7's and from the start under power changes from the middle to the granny caused annoying chainsuck. Only way to stop was to take off all power - not very well suited to my style of attacking the steeps in the middle ring. I changed the granny to a steel thing but it still happened. Checked the rings and found that the middle was the cause - chips in the ring were grabbing the ring. Taking a file to it would cure it for a while but it still returned. Rang middleburn - asked me what frame I was using - I said DNA and straight away they confirmed that other DNA owners had suffered the same problems. The chainstay joins the BB low and this seems to produce chainsuck. Upgraded for a smaller amount to the DUO upgrade of 29/42 tooth rings and haven't had a problem since. Giant ATX990 owners had the same problems. I'll review the DUO upgrade later but - an average three for overall, four for value cos there is still loads of life left in the other rings. |
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Submitted by
Mr. Fabulous
a Downhiller
from Troy, NY
Date Reviewed: 5/4/1999 |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Platekill |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Strengths: | Thickness, the DH version is 10mm wide. |
| Weaknesses: | Weight, at 10mm wide it gets heavy. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Didn't have to try anything else. |
| Bike Setup: | Gary Fisher Level Betty FH0 |
| Bottom Line: | I had broken the spider on my Race Face Turbine LP before a race, (the ring wasn't on there at the time). I decided to switch to the Middleburn ring, and not only did I win, but neither the crank, nor the ring suffered any more damage. |
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