Garbaruk chainrings?

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Getter
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by Getter

Does anybody have any experience with them? They have a direct mount for SRAM that gives you a 47.5mm chainline vs the 49mm on a stock XX1 spider.

http://en.garbaruk.com/products/chainrings-melon

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mashiehood
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by mashiehood

Hi there,

I have two ovals on my hollowgram cranks - delivery was sloooowww but quality and fit have been good so far.

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i am using them from october 2014

i have a melon 28 , a melon 32 a melon 36 , all for hollowgram

i have a 42 and 44 melon for 130mm BCD for road bike

all set up are 1x ...all rings are narrow-wide profile

with mtb rings i only did 150-200 km ...sorry

with road 42 i did 500km and 5000 and counting with the 44T

i am waiting for other rings :beerchug: sloooooow delivery, i agree with mashiehood
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I sent them an email about chain rings, and handlebars and didn't get much of a response! :(

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by Vicpt

Hi, i have a Melon one, 34T for Cannondale Hollowgram crank, and for now i´m very impressed with it and the oval thing!

It was a nightmare to get my chainring, had to open a dispute on PayPal. They are in and from Ucrania, so you know what´s happening there!
They don´t answer to mails, or should i say, when things got complicated - my paid chainring was lost or was never sent (still don´t know), they never answered my mails. Only when i made a complaint with PayPal they gave signs of life!

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Getter
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by Getter

Thanks for the replies!

The slow shipping was the thing I was most concerned about. Read several posts on their Facebook page.

They told me that the ring I wanted is in stock. 30T direct mount GXP Melon. Their email replies were fairly quick. Usually within 24 hours.

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by Jaker

Does anyone here have any experience with their cassette range extenders - 29-35-42 like the Leonardi General Lee:

http://en.garbaruk.com/products/extender

Also, does anyone know the weight of the 3 cogs from the Shimano XT cassette that this replaces? Is the above a significant weight savings?


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Jaker wrote: does anyone know the weight of the 3 cogs from the Shimano XT cassette that this replaces? Is the above a significant weight savings?


it's about -100g. The total weight with extender is around 250g, give or take.
weight concerned = good, weight obsessed = bad!

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by Jaker

Thank you both. How's the gaps in the gearing with switching from 28/32/36 to 29/35/42? Im a pretty strong rider, but would love some feedback.

Jacques

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Jaker wrote:Does anyone here have any experience with their cassette range extenders - 29-35-42 like the Leonardi General Lee:

http://en.garbaruk.com/products/extender

Also, does anyone know the weight of the 3 cogs from the Shimano XT cassette that this replaces? Is the above a significant weight savings?



i have the 1st version, the 11-40

http://eliflap.it/2014/02/25/11-40-garbaruk/

now i am receiving the 11-42, the last version, shipped and already in Italy, next week at home
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Jaker
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Eli,

How was the shifting with the 28-40? Also very interested in a weight confirmation when you get your 29-42

ihs0yz
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by ihs0yz

eliflap-scalpel wrote:i have a 42 and 44 melon for 130mm BCD for road bike


I just got my ring and I can't tell which way I should mount them? My ring doesn't seem to have any offset either.
I ordered a 46t 110mm BCD ring for GXP if that helps?

And I had no issue with delivery at all. It was a little slower than I expected, a couple days slower. But I have to say this should be because they used economical shipping method. €6 for shipping to Malaysia!!

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There should be a little round tab on he inside of the ring.

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Jengaback
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by Jengaback

Anyone know what the postage is for the UK? I'm thinking of getting one for a 1x conversion on my cross bike

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