Wickwerks chainrings

[psi]

Anyone have experience with these? They seemed to come out 10 years ago and gained some traction in the cross community with Katie Compton using them. However they haven't seemed to get a lot of attention recently.

The idea is appealing, faster 2x shifting. I already greatly prefer the 46-36 double as compared to a road compact for the quicker front shifting.

I cannot see myself ever going 1x as my bike is fairly multipurpose. I have 3 wheelsets for it and with a couple different cassette types and a double crank I can cover a lot of different types of riding.

I found one review where someone claimed the ramps wore out in a matter of months. So the durability of the design is a question for me. However that was just one isolated report.

[ms6073]

I have used WickWerks double chainrings on CX bikes in the past and currently we have 44/34 double rings paired with Shimano Dura Ace R9100P cranks on our gravel bikes and feel that the rings shift as well or better than the Shimano 46/36 rings that I have on my old CX bike. The only issue I had was fitment in that the inner ring contacts the pod on the backside of the drive side crank arm of the powermeter.

[psi]

Thanks I found a set of them online for a bit cheaper so I may give them a go.

[wheelsONfire]

Yupp, 44/34 on my gravel. Shifting is really good. For a 44 big you need an adapter though. Otherwise the FD won't fit.

[psi]

Yupp, 44/34 on my gravel. Shifting is really good. For a 44 big you need an adapter though. Otherwise the FD won't fit.

Why won't the FD fit? Is yours a braze-on?

[wheelsONfire]

Yupp, 44/34 on my gravel. Shifting is really good. For a 44 big you need an adapter though. Otherwise the FD won't fit.

Why won't the FD fit? Is yours a braze-on?

To drop the FD lower
https://wickwerks.com/products/fit-link-adapter/

[allenpg]

I'll add another recommendation to go with the above. I've used the 44/34 combo on my gravel bike the past couple of years and it's been flawless. I'm running Ultegra Di2 11-speed. I do use their adapter in the link above to get my FD lower.