Best chainring bolts?
Moderator: Moderator Team
First of all, lets limit the discussion to aluminium or titanium bolts. I know that steel bolts are fit and forget, but hey, we are on the weight weenies forum after all. In addition, they must come in black and have a nice finish. I suspect the black requirement takes most of the titanium bolts out of consideration. Finally, they must be intended for 3-speed cranksets, in this case a THM Clavicula.
Visit starbike.com Online Retailer for HighEnd cycling components
Great Prices ✓ Broad Selection ✓ Worldwide Delivery ✓
www.starbike.com
- the_marsbar
- Posts: 1051
- Joined: Wed May 13, 2009 5:23 pm
- Location: Denmark
- Contact:
I got some pretty nice black Ti bolts for my brake calipers from R2. What's the problem with black Ti bolts?
Aluminum is fine for chainring bolts, except maybe on a tandem. Alum is lighter by about 1/3 than Ti. Alum is easier to get in colors.
For certain parts stiffer is more important than lighter.
Aluminium, I use Truvitiv as they come with a 5mm/6mm Allen fitting for the male/female rather than the silly screwdriver slot, easy to get, fairly light (19g for a set of 4 for 2 rings) and fairly cheap.
Impoverished weight weenie wanna-be!
Budget 26" HT build viewtopic.php?f=10&t=110956
Budget 26" HT build viewtopic.php?f=10&t=110956
Visit starbike.com Online Retailer for HighEnd cycling components
Great Prices ✓ Broad Selection ✓ Worldwide Delivery ✓
www.starbike.com
-
- Posts: 978
- Joined: Sat Nov 10, 2007 4:23 am
- Location: Poland/Toronto
- Contact:
I have best luck with original Shimano alu. bolts(came with xtr-970 crankset) and Extralite Extrabolts. No problems whatsoever.
I cannot recomend KCNC or Tiso.
Chris.
I cannot recomend KCNC or Tiso.
Chris.
Orbea Oiz - xxxx
MSC Koncept Carbon Di2 - 6955g
Leichtkraft Team Carbon - 6868g.
MSC Koncept Carbon Di2 - 6955g
Leichtkraft Team Carbon - 6868g.