carbon compact chainset.Which one???

ndm8966
ndm8966 Posts: 36
edited May 2010 in Workshop
If I have a Dura-Ace 7800 chainset and Dura-Ace b/b cups.
What carbon compact chainset would you recommend?
I want similar quality to the 7800.
Thanks.

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  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    Why Carbon? Vanity?

    The 7900 crankset beats most carbon chainsets out there.
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  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    redddraggon wrote:
    Why Carbon? Vanity?

    The 7900 crankset beats most carbon chainsets out there.

    D*mn, beat me to it.
    I'm betting vanity too. :wink::wink:
  • Team Banana Spokesman
    Team Banana Spokesman Posts: 538
    how does it 'beat' them?

    by what margin does it 'beat' them?

    which ones does it not 'beat'? (you say 'most')...
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    Nout wrong with Vanity, TBH, its one of the reasons to go for a pretty carbon chainset.
    Team Banana Spokesman wrote:
    which ones does it not 'beat'? (you say 'most')...

    It's one of the best all rounders, weight, stiffness, cost (if you ignore ring replacement), ease of installation.

    Others are lighter, others are stiffer, others are cheaper, etc.

    SiSLs are probably the best IMO.
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  • ndm8966
    ndm8966 Posts: 36
    How does the question concerning vanity actually help answer the original question?
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    ndm8966 wrote:
    How does the question concerning vanity actually help answer the original question?

    Well you don't say what properties you want the chainset to have apart from carbon and Compact. Just saying carbon implies you only care what it looks like, especially when the best chainsets are made from Al alloy.

    If you want a Carbon Compact Chainset, get a THM Clavicula or AX-Lightness Morpheus.
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  • ndm8966
    ndm8966 Posts: 36
    Ok, give me a few of the quality makes that would fit ok.
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    If you want a Carbon Compact Chainset, get a THM Clavicula or AX-Lightness Morpheus.
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  • DaSy
    DaSy Posts: 599
    I went through this a while back and the best option appeared to be the Fulrum RRS, but that mental Ultra-Torque system had me not fancying the lack of longevity out of a £90 BB.

    I ended up with a Rotor 3D with Stronglight CTII rings, and couldn't be happier. It satisfies the ease of installation, quality of build, price and vanity criteria I had, and is a little more unusual than most.
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  • DaSy
    DaSy Posts: 599
    Oh, it's not carbon though....
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  • maddog 2
    maddog 2 Posts: 8,114
    Sram Red?

    Not silly money but good quality.
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  • ndm8966
    ndm8966 Posts: 36
    And would the Sram Red fit my hollowtech 2 b/b ok?
    Sorry to sound thick but i'm just getting back into cycling and it's all changed.
    Thanks.
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    No, but the Rotor and DA 7950 would.
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  • ndm8966
    ndm8966 Posts: 36
    Ok Thanks.
    With the Sram Red, it needs a different b/bracket to my h2.
    Could you advice on what b/bracket i would need?
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    SRAM GXP BB

    I'd probably go for a Rotor or 7950 chainset though, the HT2 BBs are better IMO.
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  • ndm8966
    ndm8966 Posts: 36
    Ok.
    Thankyou for you advice.
    And i'm sorry for seemimg to be a bit thick on this.
    Cheers.
  • maddog 2
    maddog 2 Posts: 8,114
    Red uses GXP cups, as said

    there is definitely more choice with HT2 cups (Shimano, Hope, King, Acros etc.) but the design isn't any 'better' as such, IMO.

    Enduro bearings do some nice GXP cups though, in stainless and ceramic varieties.
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  • ndm8966
    ndm8966 Posts: 36
    I have decided to get the Sram Red chainset.
    I know i need a sram gxp b/b.
    Do i just order that?
    My frameset is a Specialized Roubaix QuickStep.
  • rake
    rake Posts: 3,204
    ndm8966 wrote:
    I have decided to get the Sram Red chainset.
    I know i need a sram gxp b/b.
    Do i just order that?
    My frameset is a Specialized Roubaix QuickStep.
    the red bb is called a 'blackbox' (ceramic).
  • softlad
    softlad Posts: 3,513
    ndm8966 wrote:
    I know i need a sram gxp b/b.
    Do i just order that?

    how else are you going to get one..?

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