What chainrings? KCNC?

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ednino
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by ednino

I'm about to get a new bike & it comes with Hollowgram Si cranks (yay :D ) but 52/36 FSA chainrings. I will want to change that for 50/34 like my current bike. 5 bolt 110 BCD by the looks of it.

KCNC K3 look cool with the web design & pretty light. Do they work ok? Any ideas?

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by Danza

Stronglight CT2, Praxis, or Spiderring are all good choices.

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ednino
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by ednino

Stronglight CT2 look a bit cheaper than KCNC for about the same weight. Thanks

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by stevec1975

Just got some Stronglight CT2, they have started to go up in weight lately, mine was 104g for the 50

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ednino
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by ednino

stevec1975 wrote:Just got some Stronglight CT2, they have started to go up in weight lately, mine was 104g for the 50


Oh :cry:
I'd be looking for more like 80g

stevec1975
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by stevec1975

I have some new/sealed Fibre Lyte rings for sale in the For sale section.. 51g for the 50t

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by jimborello

Praxis chainrings are one of the bests you can get.

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by steventran

Extralite Octaramp RC2s are about 90grams for the set.

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by martinko

I currently use Rotor NoQ non-aero 52-36 which weigh 142g and seems to shift much better than Stronglight CT2 I had before, which weighed just 1 gram less. And also Rotor looks better I think - just black - while my Stronglight were like bit brown.

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by Delorre

There's also Specialites TA ( http://www.specialites-ta.com/ ). They have u huge range of rings, are well made and fairly strong. I've been using them for years, not 1 bad thing about them. And lighter than the Stronglight f.ex

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by wpccrunner

Id say stay clear of the KCNC K3 Cobweb rings. I had a set of the 53/39 in the 110 BCD (yes 110) and they were pretty flexy and did not shift that well. The look cool and are pretty light, but thats about the end of the positives in my opinion. I went with Praxis 52/36 as a replacement and its been a night and day difference.

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ednino
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by ednino

Really good advice here, thanks

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Miller76
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by Miller76

I had Stronglight and like them but thought they were a but flexy, replaced them with Praxis which I love!! If you want to try the Stronglight send me a PM and I'll let them go for a song... But the Praxis are awesome

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fiber lyte

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Went with these

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