165mm 130-bcd triples?

[christian]

I'm building up a dirt-road bike for my wife, who has decided that her Vanilla is too nice for bombing around in the dirt.

She would prefer something like a 50-40-30 130/74 bcd triple with 165mm crank arms. What's available?

I can get the Sugino XD600 but it's 110bcd with stock 46-36-26 rings. Would work, and probably the option I'll go for if nothing else works. Rest of the bike will be Campy 10.

Here are the other considerations:
- Silver
- Doesn't look like an alien squid (e.g. Shimano)
- Not FSA
- Not SRAM

I am willing to buy new or used and can troll ebay for a few months too; this is primarily for D2R2.

[christian]

Sounds like TA, Sugino, and vintage Campy are my only options.

[deanster]

Sounds like TA, Sugino, and vintage Campy are my only options.
Contact Oldpotatoe: He might be able to tell you if the T/A Specialities has a setup you can use. I use T/A rings for replacements on my Centaur and got a 50/39/26 for my XC bike that fit perfectly on my Campy crank arms.
I have TA Cranks on my 1969 Cinelli Supercoursa and never had problems.

[palincss]

I'm building up a dirt-road bike for my wife, who has decided that her Vanilla is too nice for bombing around in the dirt.

She would prefer something like a 50-40-30 130/74 bcd triple with 165mm crank arms. What's available?

I can get the Sugino XD600 but it's 110bcd with stock 46-36-26 rings. Would work, and probably the option I'll go for if nothing else works. Rest of the bike will be Campy 10.



Replacement rings for the XD600 110/74 would work perfectly well. You can't notice that the bolt circle is 110 rather than 174 on a tandem, and the forces on a crank and chain rings are ever so much stronger there.

[christian]

Contact Oldpotatoe: He might be able to tell you if the T/A Specialities has a setup you can use. I use T/A rings for replacements on my Centaur and got a 50/39/26 for my XC bike that fit perfectly on my Campy crank arms.
I have TA Cranks on my 1969 Cinelli Supercoursa and never had problems.
I have a TA Zephyr on one of my bikes, and I know that a Carmina would work. It's just really, really, really expensive.

Replacement rings for the XD600 110/74 would work perfectly well.Yes, but getting XD600 and replacing the rings etc is starting to sound like well, effort. Surely finding a 130/135mm bcd crank with 165mm arms shouldn't be impossible...

I think I've decided to look for a Shimano Ultegra/600 6206 vintage crank. That is good looking, JIS square taper (cheap UN54s will work), and will look right on the bike.

[Bradford]

I'd go with a used crank and put whatever rings on you want.

Last time I did this I used an old Ultegra crank I had and got the rings that made sense to me at Harris Cyclery in Boston. I lived in Boston at the time, but I'm sure they would mail them out or you can find another source for loose rings.

[AngryScientist]

bonktown has been blowing out the ultegra triple every now and then for the last few months in 165. if you can tolerate shimano, keep your eye on them.