1x Campagnolo Ekar drivetrain

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Yoln
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by Yoln on Thu Oct 28, 2021 2:41 pm

Interesting results.

Would you have same data for Record SR or Chorus? I've always "felt" a bit more resistance when rotating the crank in campy vs shim/sram
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by Weenie on Thu Oct 28, 2021 2:41 pm


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by eurperg on Thu Oct 28, 2021 2:56 pm

^ Record 11-speed (pre-2015): 1.3 kg

And I have never had any issues with chain slap when riding gravel on my CX bike for years with that spring tension.
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by Yoln on Fri Oct 29, 2021 3:01 pm

Anybody has been able to use quick-links of some kinds with Ekar chain? Anybody waxes Ekar chain?
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by eurperg on Fri Oct 29, 2021 3:10 pm

I have used Ekar C-links again and again when taking the chain off for waxing. The seem just like any other quick link.


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by andreszucs on Sat Oct 30, 2021 6:22 pm

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by eurperg on Sat Oct 30, 2021 6:32 pm

Why not just go full Sram Mullet and forget about this topic?

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by andreszucs on Sat Oct 30, 2021 10:57 pm

eurperg wrote:Why not just go full Sram Mullet and forget about this topic?

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Are you jealous because I have wireless shifting? Or because I can use any chain ring I want? Maybe because I can have any RD? Or because I have full suspension?


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by xixang on Sun Oct 31, 2021 5:02 am

Yoln wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 29, 2021 3:01 pm
 Anybody has been able to use quick-links of some kinds with Ekar chain? Anybody waxes Ekar chain?
Yes, also use and re-use the quick links with wax an no issues. Very quiet and smooth for many miles.
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by Yoln on Sun Oct 31, 2021 2:11 pm

andreszucs wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 30, 2021 6:22 pm
I'm not sure how this is any relevant to the Ekar topic, or why you feel like trolling is something you have to do...

Happy for you if you find the setup you like, it's not easy, but please stop polluting threads with it
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by Butcher on Sun Oct 31, 2021 3:26 pm

2x. Interesting but you should open your own thread.
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by gwerziou on Sun Oct 31, 2021 6:09 pm

Yoln wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 31, 2021 2:11 pm
andreszucs wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 30, 2021 6:22 pm
I'm not sure how this is any relevant to the Ekar topic, or why you feel like trolling is something you have to do...

Happy for you if you find the setup you like, it's not easy, but please stop polluting threads with it
Agreed.
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• An old bike, more fun than the new one actually
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by andreszucs on Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:00 am

Yoln wrote:
andreszucs wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 30, 2021 6:22 pm
I'm not sure how this is any relevant to the Ekar topic, or why you feel like trolling is something you have to do...

Happy for you if you find the setup you like, it's not easy, but please stop polluting threads with it
I feel like Marty Mcfly playing johnny b Goode in front of an unprepared crowd over here. I’m literally handing alternative solutions to resolve many of the problems that you guys are raising, but maybe some of you are too closed minded to positively reinforce those ideas. The very only ‘advancement in tech’ of the EKar is the 13 speed cassette, and I am using it, therefore is related to this thread.
I’m out…I heard your mediocre request.


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by andreszucs on Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:02 am

Yoln wrote:
andreszucs wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 30, 2021 6:22 pm
I'm not sure how this is any relevant to the Ekar topic, or why you feel like trolling is something you have to do...

Happy for you if you find the setup you like, it's not easy, but please stop polluting threads with it
Yoln wrote:
andreszucs wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 30, 2021 6:22 pm
I'm not sure how this is any relevant to the Ekar topic, or why you feel like trolling is something you have to do...

Happy for you if you find the setup you like, it's not easy, but please stop polluting threads with it
I feel like Marty Mcfly playing johnny b Goode in front of an unprepared crowd over here. I’m literally handing alternative solutions to resolve many of the problems that you guys are raising, but maybe some of you are too closed minded to positively reinforce those ideas. The very only ‘advancement in tech’ of the EKar is the 13 speed cassette, and I am using it, therefore is related to this thread.
I’m out…I heard your mediocre request.


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by nowtaps on Mon Nov 01, 2021 9:31 am

Anyone installed this on a road frameset yet?

I'm curious if I'm gonna have a problem with the chain hitting the chainstay when I'm on the 9T.
I noticed the instruction says that "height of the chainstay near the sprocket pack" must be less than 7mm?

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by henryz4 on Mon Nov 01, 2021 12:51 pm

nowtaps wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 01, 2021 9:31 am
 Anyone installed this on a road frameset yet?

I'm curious if I'm gonna have a problem with the chain hitting the chainstay when I'm on the 9T.
I noticed the instruction says that "height of the chainstay near the sprocket pack" must be less than 7mm?

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I put a 9-36 with a 42 ring on an sworks roubaix. Check my post in the presentation section
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