The Return of Biopace!

robbarker
robbarker Posts: 1,367
edited July 2008 in Workshop
http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/to ... Ring_spare

I wondered how long it would be before someone came up with this "innovation" again.

It will, of course, be "different", "improved" and "better overall" than the last time..

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  • John C.
    John C. Posts: 2,113
    Yes, I noticed that, guess my old chainsets are back in fashion again. Bit of spit and polish and I'll get them onto ebay :lol:
    next thing is we'll have solid cranks, and 36 spoke wheels. May be we'll have steel frames and triple chainsets with 8 speed blocks.
    Eeh when I were a lad we 'ad rod brakes and they never wore out.
    http://www.ripon-loiterers.org.uk/

    Fail to prepare, prepare to fail
    Hills are just a matter of pace
  • z000m
    z000m Posts: 544
    biopace chainrings last time round were just a gimick, this time they are serious.
    New Build
  • woody-som
    woody-som Posts: 1,001
    I've been running rotor Q-rings for nearly a year, they do actually work, not tried the biopace though. I saw the Q-rings last year at Ironman UK on several of the Pro's bikes, and spoke to one of them about them, and bought some on there advice, normal chainrings are a thing of the past for me.
  • robbarker
    robbarker Posts: 1,367
    z000m wrote:
    biopace chainrings last time round were just a gimick, this time they are serious.

    You mean "different", "improved" and "better overall". Have you considered a career in marketing?
  • shazzz
    shazzz Posts: 1,077
    Bobby Julich always used to use the Q rings on his TT bike. Been around for a while, some people like them, but still don't seem to have caught on in a big way.
  • andrewgturnbull
    andrewgturnbull Posts: 3,861
    Hi there.

    These are not Bio-pace. I think they Q rings are eliptical in the other way from Bio-pace.

    If you see what I mean.

    I have a early 90's bipace chainset somewhere on the depths of my loft, probably nestling next to the original Scott one-piece aero bars...

    Cheers, Andy
    http://www.andyturnbull.co.uk
    http://www.stirlingtri.co.uk
  • geoff_ss
    geoff_ss Posts: 1,201
    Ian Cammish pitted next to me once at a time trial and he had one of those chainsets with an angled crank that were supposed to get you over TDC more easily. I don't think he believed they worked either but he got them for nothing and the extra alloy was only slightly heavier than it needed to be.

    I suspect non-circular chain rings come into the same category. You don't get owt for nowt I'm afraid. Although perhaps they may help a bit if you're a very low cadence pedaller.

    Geoff
    Old cyclists never die; they just fit smaller chainrings ... and pedal faster

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