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Description:Blackspire CHUCK rings are made of .316 stainless steel.
Designed for 8/9 speed, these tough grannys will help prevent "chain suck".
58 BCD : 20 | 22 | 24t
64 BCD : 22 - 74 BCD : 24
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Submitted by
BL
a Weekend Warrior
from Concord, NH
Date Reviewed: October 9, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | The one I'm on | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | One of the few stainless steel granny rings available | | Weaknesses: | Not good enough | | Similar Products Used: | OEM Steel granny; Truvativ Firex granny; Truvativ Stylo Granny; Cycle Dynamics Ti granny | | Bike Setup: | Truvativ Stylo; Wipperman chain | | Bottom Line: | First off, I need to say that I weigh around 240 dressed (and I bike dressed). Second, ever since I got a Wipperman Stainless Steel chain, I've been burning through granny gears like they were made of cheese. I ride on sandy, muddy trails and I guess the combination is too much for these rings. The Blackspire began to suck after about 4 rides (8 hours)! This may not be a problem for a rider under 200lbs.
I've been riding a Cycle Dynamics Ti granny (about twice the money) for about 4 months and so far, no problem. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
J.C.
a Cross Country Rider
from Whistler
Date Reviewed: June 30, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Purchased At: | Somewhere in Vancouver | | Strengths: | Aptly named so you know what to do with it after it breaks. | | Weaknesses: | Strength/durability | | Similar Products Used: | other crappy chainrings | | Bike Setup: | new Heckler with XT hollowtech cranks and Sram chain. | | Bottom Line: | I'm guessing it's called a chuck ring as it chucks the chain onto the BB shell and now I'm going to chuck it in the garbage. I'm not a punishing rider but this thing bent during a cross-country ride. I straightened it but it easily bent again on each of 3 subsequent rides.
I had bad luck with Blackspire rings in the past but hadn't tried them for a few years. No more cash for them.
How fitting. I just took a look at their website and though they claim to be Canadian their main page statement sounds like one of those old Taiwanese company ads in MBA. http://www.blackspire.com/main.html I'm guessing the same QA dept. is used for their website and products. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pascal Cormeau
a
from Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Date Reviewed: July 1, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Trials | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Strengths: | Amaysingly durable | | Similar Products Used: | aluminum crap that wears out in a month | | Bike Setup: | Norco Team Trials, black spire cranks, seatpost, granny god.... HS33 brakes | | Bottom Line: | Well, since I am always in my granny ring because I ride trials, it gets alot of wear. I ride just about every day of the week for several hours. After a year of use, I am really pleased to say that this ring is the bomb. It apears to have no wear at all... Great product. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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