Sell me on etap?

[54ny77]

yeah ok fine....the 7800 isn't everyone's cuppa tea. but at least it's aluminum (silver)!

all the new "spiders" from any brand seem to lock you into proprietary rings. gone are the days when you could buy aftermarket rings to work with a traditional 5 spider arm.

nice thing is.....all of these are 1st world problems. i have enough 10 spd parts hoarding to last pretty much the rest of my lifetime and don't *need* anything. but the etap thing really tickled the fancy after i tried it.

Originally Posted by oldpotatoe

Yup, altho the new one is not 'hideous' to me at all..that giganto chunk of aluminum from shimano, is..altho one crank, many CR options(standard, mid compact, compact) is a great idea, IMHO, of course---'pal'

[FlashUNC]

Originally Posted by 54ny77

yeah ok fine....the 7800 isn't everyone's cuppa tea. but at least it's aluminum (silver)!

all the new "spiders" from any brand seem to lock you into proprietary rings. gone are the days when you could buy aftermarket rings to work with a traditional 5 spider arm.

nice thing is.....all of these are 1st world problems. i have enough 10 spd parts hoarding to last pretty much the rest of my lifetime and don't *need* anything. but the etap thing really tickled the fancy after i tried it.

Forget 7800, 9100 is an abomination.

If Shimano keeps insisting on making alloy cranks, the least they could is not ano them to try to pretend they're carbon.

[54ny77]

haven't ridden 9100. have a sweet nos 7900 compact crank that i've been hoarding.

that'll be my upgrade one day....which means i'm about 10 years behind the curve....

Originally Posted by FlashUNC

Forget 7800, 9100 is an abomination.

If Shimano keeps insisting on making alloy cranks, the least they could is not ano them to try to pretend they're carbon.

[pdmtong]

Originally Posted by 54ny77

haven't ridden 9100. have a sweet nos 7900 compact crank that i've been hoarding.

that'll be my upgrade one day....which means i'm about 10 years behind the curve....

Another 7900 is the pinnacle of shimano design aesthetic worshiper!

[huck*this]

The good thing about the new 4 arm crank aside from the awesome Carbon weave is that all rings can just be swapped onto the same crank arms. 53/52/50.

Bravo to Campy on this aspect for sure!