Best chainrings for Quarq on Shimano 11

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WonderSausage
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by WonderSausage

It's time to replace worn chainrings on my Quarq ELSA (110BCD) which I use with Shimano 11 speed.

The original chainrings have "10 SPEED ONLY" on them, and while they worked perfectly well with Shimano 11, that inscription has always bothered me.

The Red 22 chainrings appear to be "optimized for the YAW front derailleur", would some other chainrings be better for Shimano 11?

I did a search and apart from discussions of SRAM 10 vs. 11 ring spacing I didn't come up with anything useful since obviously most people just use Shimano cranks on Shimano 11 (as I do on my newer bike with an ELSA RS).

Rotor says "10.5 speed" which is kind of amusing but not confidence-building. Maybe Praxis? They state 11 speed.

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by pdlpsher1

I have both the Sram Red 110BCD 10 speed and 11 speed chainrings. The only difference is some extra machining on the 11 speed to save a couple grams. Currently I'm using the 11 speed Red rings and Di2 DA 11 speed with no issues. For the highest reliability I'd recommend Red 11 speed rings.

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