Nice, Stiff 52t 130BCD Chainrings?

[DRietz]

Anybody care to recommend a ring? Looking for optimal shifting.

[shovelhd]

SRAM Red Black SPR.

[Hank Scorpio]

I have a set of the praxis works on my super six with a campy 10 speed chain and they work great.

[likebikes]

ta?

[Lovetoclimb]

Wick Werks may fit the bill.

[DRietz]

So I guess TA is the only option?

Wick Werks doesn't make a 52t 130BCD ring, nor does Praxis (they don't make a 38t either), and the Red 52/38 chainrings are 110BCD.

[oldpotatoe]

Anybody care to recommend a brand? 130bcd. Looking for optimal shifting.

52 and 38..gonna be TA.

none from sram or praxis in those teeth.

[shovelhd]

SRAM definitely makes a Red Black 130bcd 38T ring. I owned one. I sold it because it would not work with my Quarq. The chain hit the spider. The 52T I'm not so sure about.

http://www.universalcycles.com/shopping/product_details.php?id=46850&category=675

[Chance]

Anybody care to recommend a brand? 130bcd. Looking for optimal shifting.

Which brand of cranks? If Shimano, have you thought about a Shimano large ring? They make a 52T for 130 BC, and shifting is pretty good. Not sure the 38T makes much difference to either shifting or stiffness. Personally would keep the matching 39T but that's a different issue you didn't ask about. Sorry for mentioning it, but it's something that didn't make much difference to me when tried years ago.

[bfd]

So I guess TA is the only option?

Wick Werks doesn't make a 52t 130BCD ring, nor does Praxis (they don't make a 38t either), and the Red 52/38 chainrings are 110BCD.

If money is an issue Vuelta makes 130bcd rings from 38t up to 60t with price ranging from $21 up to $39.50. Made in the USA, Vuelta rings are sold under a variety of names including Engagement, Salsa, Silver, Willow, Dimension and a few others. Check it out:

http://www.vueltausa.com/components/chainrings/se-chain-ring-130mm-38-60t-1.html

Good Luck!

[DRietz]

The 38 doesn't matter nearly as much as a super well shifting big ring.

The 52t thing does matter since I junior gear.

[Ralph]

I have a silver 50 tooth TA Vento 9/10 chainring on one of my 10's campagnolo bikes, using it with a 39. It's a georgous work of art chainring, like bike jewelry.

It has 6 pins to aid in shifting, but no ramps, and is designed to shift pretty good with about any small ring. And that's about how it shifts.....OK.

I ride Campagnolo, and same small ring with a Centaur 52 (a 52/39 ring), with 6 pins and ramps, that's designed to work with a 39, shifts much better. And I have a Chorus 52 (same 4 arm design as Record), with 8 pins and ramps, designed to work with a 39, that shifts even better yet. That's one of reason I keep going back and forth between a 39-50 and a 39-52. I like the gearing of the 39-50 better, but like the shifting of the rings designed to work together better. Maybe I will just sell the TA ring and stop the indecision. Maybe I'm over sensitive to all this. I've also used a 42 with a 39/52. and a 39 with a 42/52. They will all shift OK, just not like the rings designed to work together. Sometimes have to make the FD over shift a tad for that good shift. Some folks don't agree with me on this.

If I were you, would find a 130 BCD 52 designed specifically to work with a 39. Which 39 you use probably doesn't matter as long as space between rings is correct....so I would probably stick with matching rings. With both pins and ramps to aid in that front up shift you say is important to you. It is to me also.

[DRietz]

Right, so is there anything out there?

[beeatnik]

Right, so is there anything out there?

Check your inbox...

[Ralph]

Plenty of Ultegra 52's 52/39 on E Bay. 9 or 10 speed.