cheap chainset

gazeddy

Rebuilding my winter hack. Its based around a saracen xile frame. Am looking for a cheap chainset 8 or 9 spd. Needs to be tall enough for road commuting.

Chunkers1980

You can't go far wrong with a Shimano Deore. Unless you intend fitting to current BB - in which case you've missed some vital info.

The Rookie

Any MTB crankset (so 42 or 44T largest ring) is fine for commuting on road, you'll easily hit in excess of 30mph.

dynebaruk

Chunkers1980 wrote:

You can't go far wrong with a Shimano Deore. Unless you intend fitting to current BB - in which case you've missed some vital info.

I fitted a Shimano Deore M590 chainset to my last bike, worked great, especially for the price.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/shim ... -prod40496

97th choice

For rebuilding a winter hack I'd look at acera.

njee20

I'd get the touring Deore - 26/36/48 rings. 42t may be 'fine', but a 22 is wasted - may as well not always be in your top gears.

The Rookie

As we don't know where he'll ride or how fit, saying a 22 is wasted is a little bit presumptuous, we can't all be cycling gods like you......

gazeddy

Its quite a hilly 3 miles 50% climb ish. And my fitness is erm lacking. But my "main" bike is a 26" dj with 36-13 ss set up. Realistically ill be going road cassette and probly 42-32 rings up front

Levi_501

12/13 to 21/24ish cassette should be fine.

IMHO, go for 8 over 9, the chains tend to last a bit longer and are cheaper.

njee20

The Rookie wrote:

As we don't know where he'll ride or how fit, saying a 22 is wasted is a little bit presumptuous, we can't all be cycling gods like you......

Meant for road commuting specifically, I'd suggest most people are unlikely to be doing a road commute which requires a bottom gear of that ilk, and a few weeks commuting will mean that it doesn't for long! Depends on the proportion of road commuting to 'other' use I guess?

Realistically ill be going road cassette and probly 42-32 rings up front

No specific advantage to going for a road cassette, particularly as the vast majority of 8 and 9 speed ones are 12-up. I'd get an 11-32 or something.

gazeddy

This will be 90% commuting my other bike is just to "rigid" in its operation if you get me

njee20

For a 3 mile road commute!?

gazeddy

So basically standard mtb ratios should be fine. Ill also be using dmr moto rt tyres in a 26x2.2/3

The Rookie

njee20 wrote:

The Rookie wrote:

As we don't know where he'll ride or how fit, saying a 22 is wasted is a little bit presumptuous, we can't all be cycling gods like you......

Meant for road commuting specifically, I'd suggest most people are unlikely to be doing a road commute which requires a bottom gear of that ilk, and a few weeks commuting will mean that it doesn't for long! Depends on the proportion of road commuting to 'other' use I guess?

I was working on the basis the first post only said it would be used for commuting, not that it wouldn't be used for anything else! Now clarified of course - and yes my commuter runs a 46T single up front and if it's only used on road I'd say a single ring would be best, selected for the expected use!

On those tyres a 44/42 will be fine.

CitizenLee

For a winter hack bike I'd be looking on eBay or Pinkbike for something used.

stuisnew

For a cheap winter hack I'd go for this:
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/shim ... -prod46021

But depends on your current bottom bracket - are you running a square taper BB at the moment?

gazeddy

Not got a bb fitted it got neglected since last winter and the bearings escaped. Very gladbi copperslipped it in

Chunkers1980

I don't understand why it takes up to now to get all the needed info to try and help you out.

Larger sized Deore is what I'd still suggest now.