Chainsets are doing my nut.

trevorfuller

Next week the borrowed XT chainset goes back onto my old bike ready to sell, which means I need to make a decision about what to get on the new bike (Rocky Mountain Slayer cult, Marzocchi AM1 forks). But out of all the parts I’ve brought this is the trickiest to decide upon.

Things I do know are that I will run a dual ring system with an e.thirteen DRS, and that weight and price aren’t an issue (within reason). The two problems I have are what chain set to get, and how to purchase it to minimize cost and wasted bits. I’ve narrowed it down to 4; The Saint, XTR, Raceface Atlas, Diabolus. I need it for some light free ride, some kind-of-downhill and small jumps. But as I said the weight isn’t an issue so extra tough cranks are fine.

So my first question is what do you recommend from the above? Reliability, strength etc.

The second problem is that I want a 22/36t setup. All of the sets above come as 22/32t. So I guess I need to buy a separate 36t ring. It seems just as cheap to buy the chainset + 36t chaining as to buy just the separates (if you can get them). Does no one do a 22/36 chainset?

Then of course there’s the spare bash ring if I get a double chainset (one on the DRS and one on the chain set) .

What ever I do it seems that I will have components left over. Anyone have any advice or tips, recommendations? (ebay, I know…)

Grrrr, why's it such a nightmare?

nicklouse

Hone double ring set up and a new 36T ring?

Will Snow

id agree with that. Be helpful if you gave more of a riding insight though, ie how hilly is it??? I manage on a single 36 (The greatest size chainwheel ever invented!!!)

trevorfuller

There are a few places where I like to drop down to the 22 with the current chain set (tho recently I have found myself starting to just walk back up hills I used to cycle up due to outright lazyness) It's just the outer ring I never (very rarely) use, and a 36 would cover me for those occasions. So 22/36 is the way to go.

I'd not really considered the Hone set, but had looked at the Saint instead. Are they just like LX & XT equivalents in the heavy-duty range?

nicklouse

LX and Hone are basically the same just different colour and ring options.

saint is its own.

Will Snow

Well, you say that, but saint is alot lighter, which in my experience can mean they skimp stronger materials (steel) for lighter (ally) which just isnt as strong. And hone and LX being the same? HA! Have you ever actually looked at the sets???