110 bcd chairing : best shifting-quality/weight ratio

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Yoln
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by Yoln

Hi,

I am suffering shifting PTSD every time I am approaching a climb. I've had mixed experience with Extralite shifting quality and terrible experience with TA-spécialité Syrius.

The weightweenie in me would like to give another shot at lightweight rings with Stronglight CT2, but I am doubting that it's gonna be a massive shifting improvement.

On the other end I'm also considering better shifting and slightly beefier rings like Praxis Buzz, Rotor NoQ and even Absolute Black, but that's getting really heavy...

I feel Wickwerks is a bit overkill for me at this stage.

Also, what about SRAM? Anything good there? I heard they lack stifness but that's about it

Running a Quarq Dzero with 110bcd spider. Derailleur is Campy SR 11 mech.
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sigma
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by sigma

Which crank are you running? I have had good experience with Shimano, Praxis, Absolute Black, and Carbon-Ti rings. Mixed with Rotor (older expereince from ten years back) and Sram.
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Yoln
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by Yoln

sigma wrote:
Sun Mar 28, 2021 4:31 pm
Which crank are you running? I have had good experience with Shimano, Praxis, Absolute Black, and Carbon-Ti rings. Mixed with Rotor (older expereince from ten years back) and Sram.

Running a Quarq Dzero with 110bcd spider. Derailleur is Campy SR 11 mech.

I should take a look at carbon-ti indeed, thanks
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by MrRolandos

Love my Absolute Black! Looks are stunning, perfomance is really good. Weight seems pretty solid too!

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by beanbiken

I have had/tried the Extralite’s (since sold) and the TA’s and weren’t happy with either. Have the BOR’s in mid and full compact on my WW bike. Finicky to get right but once set I find the shifting to be very close and precise not Shimano OEM but a very close second.....recommended
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Yoln
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by Yoln

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Thank you all

Given what I gathered here and there... I guess I just have to pick my poison now, probably betweem, BOR, Praxis and Absolute Black
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by Attermann

I bought a pair of bor chainrings, worst piece of shit I have ever owned, couldn't get them to shift properly, and when you where in the big ring and and went on to the second the largest cog, it threw the chain off.

I tried to contact bor, but I only got a really arrogant answer back.

But I love my stronglight, I can get them to shift perfectly and can cross chain without any issues.

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by beanbiken

Attermann wrote:
Mon Mar 29, 2021 4:47 am
I bought a pair of bor chainrings, worst piece of shit I have ever owned, couldn't get them to shift properly, and when you where in the big ring and and went on to the second the largest cog, it threw the chain off.

I tried to contact bor, but I only got a really arrogant answer back.

But I love my stronglight, I can get them to shift perfectly and can cross chain without any issues.
Yep, found them finicky to get right [Di2 9150] but excellent once set. Not doubting your issue with the throwing of the chain for one moment but haven’t experienced it in my situation. Your BOR sentiments echo mine for the TA’s and the Extralite’s..... :thumbup:
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by dudemanppl

Odd, I had great luck with BORs, no issues setting up with mech or electronic. Shifted great!

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by Attermann

Shifting was good, but it just threw off the chainring when crossing, and it seemed liked it missed a chamfer on the teeth that the campagnolo rings have.

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by Arph

No shifting issues for me with Stronglight CT2, with Sram Red / Force 10 or 11 speed (just note that Sram Red 10 was without a Sram Red 10 speed FD - which was bad - but with a Shimano DA 7800 FD).

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by alcatraz

Running extralites with sram red mechanical (bb30 crank, 7900fd). It works ok as long as you dial in the limit screws just right and run a chaincatcher.

However if you come from a foolproof shimano setup then you might not have the patience to set it up.

These are not for racing. But you can take some KOMs with them, no problem.

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by customtune

Yoln wrote:
Mon Mar 29, 2021 2:47 am
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Thank you all

Given what I gathered here and there... I guess I just have to pick my poison now, probably betweem, BOR, Praxis and Absolute Black
Great table! Ramps, shift pins and chainring lateral stiffness would be factors effecting shift performance I imagine. But throwing off a chain when cross chaining seems more like a tooth profile issue?

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by ooo

Shimano 5x110 11-speed chainrings for OEM crankset FC-RS500

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cheapvega
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by cheapvega

I have the same crank/chainrings but an FD-9000. My fix is janky but it basically works. What I did was I played with the crank spacers so the crank is offset towards the NDS so the FD doesn't have to go to the extremes of its travel to get onto the big ring. Then I offset my cleats the other way to keep my feet in the right position. I am running Speedplays. Obviously this all depends on your cleat situation, but this is something to consider.

I'm still mulling a switch to 1x but I'd basically need a custom cassette at this point as nothing I'm seeing quite does what I want. But that's another thread

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