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White Industries VBC Crankset not compatible with Campagnolo...
I was chatting to White Industries about their new and older cranks, and explained what i was after. this was their response:
"Hi Matt, I am sorry for the delay in getting back to you. My main concern is with the Campy drivetrain. The cranks were designed around a Shimano / SRAM drivetrain so my concern is that the expected smooth shifting from the tooth profile design would not meet your expectations with the Campy drivetrain. Best Lynette" not saying this is a bad thing really, its actually quite honest, but wow, basically saying they did not design their cranks to be used with Campagnolo. I find this interesting. |
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it may not be "optimized", but any rings that will shift with shimano will shift with a campy drivetrain. all a FD does is move the chain from one position to another. the ramps/pins in the chainrings are what determine smoothness of shifting, and given the same width chain and same approximate FD throw, there shouldnt be much difference in shifting at all.
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Talk to Compass. Their Rene Herse Crank is working with Campy 11speed according to several sources I've heard from and hinted at broadly in several recent BQ issues...
Last edited by guido; 10-11-2016 at 03:09 PM. Reason: fat fingers typing... |
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I am with Angry. I don't see how a chainring would shift differently with different FD brands, unless the plate shapes foul up the ramps/pins somehow.
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that being said, the herse crank is a classic looking silver crank, the WI VBC is a modern looking black crank, huge difference. |
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I think we all know this combo can work, as many have used it before. I am only sharing the email i got direct form the source. they apparently aren't actually in the business of selling their stuff, as I am trying to buy 2 of their cranksets. they do not want to sell them to me because I favor Italian engineering it seems.
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Great! ANOTHER bike category - road, cross, gravel...now I have to have a funeral bike??
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It's for your last ride...
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first off, Lynette is awesome....
second... WI 2x drive trains arent the best shifting up front in my experience. Ive set up ALOT of bikes with these cranks due to clients wanting low gears made available with WI and Hearse cranks etc. All levels of sram, (not etap) and all levels of Shim as well, including Di2. 9 - 11 spd too. Ive not seen as good of performance from the Hearse cranks/rings. But keep in mind Im looking for 100% 10/10, not ~8 Best I could get is around a 8 out of 10. Their large rings lack the quantity of pins and ramps that Shim and Sram build into their rings. . . Per Campy, Ive never done one... but would expect it to work fine enough with a good front mech. Which campy does well. Id say give it a try
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I think they are actually being honest. They have not tried it and so they don't want to tell you it works when it works but might not be optimal.
I can tell you that it works fine, seen it on a few bikes and have tried it on my own bike. I think they used to say that it does not work with 11 speed too and I have running 11 speed right now without any problems. |
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They redesigned their chain rings in the last couple of years and the new ones with the more visible logos work better with 11 as I understand it. As such, I bought out the end stock of the old rings that work better with my 9 speed drive trains and have none of that flashy logo-ing
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I personally run these with a 12 tooth difference up front with Dura Ace bar end shifters on multiple bikes, both road and mountain, and have exceptional shifting. Fast and crisp. YMMV. |
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This is making me feel better about going with SRAM XX 42/28 over the VBC. I literally have the best front shifting on this bike I have ever experienced.
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i would not let that stop me from building a bike with em...might not be "optimized" for campy but itll work.
if you are lookin at VBC cranks its probably because you want to run some wacky ring combo as well, which will probably shift like donkey balls anyways compared to the traditional ring pairs we are accustomed to. |
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