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Oval ring advice
I'm definitely sold on oval 1x ring for off road use, but not sure about the road options
I use a 50/34 crank with an 11-28 or 11-32 cassette, most of my riding is hilly.
Absolute Black do a 34T 6.5% oval or a 36T 11.4%
Ideally I'd stick with 34T but I'm not convinced that 6.5% would be worth getting, but concerned 36T might be too big.
What are your thoughts good folk?
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ive just emailed them about their rings now, thanks, bit pricey though at £45
Any other input anyone?
edit - bonus, found one on eBat for £35 thatll do nicely
Also they are 12.5% ovality
Yep, none of them apart from some of the 'interesting' looking ones out of HK are particularly cheap alas - eBay, or the classifieds (*cough* bikeradar) , has always been my friend there.
As far as I know, non-QXL Q-Rings are about 10% (or at least I think the old 5-bolt ones I have are) - they might be worth a look. Biggest difference I noticed, which I wasn't really expecting, was out of the saddle - felt much smoother, weirdly obvious in the first few rides. In the saddle, seemed slightly 'better' - easier going over the top of the stroke - particularly under load, at least based on how my knees felt after hilly rides compared with previously.. which was the reason I tried them.