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Sram Apex 1x compatibility

BorderraiderBorderraider Posts: 51
edited August 2019 in Workshop
I bought this Sram Rival 1x chainset on a bike from Ribble:

https://www.sram.com/en/sram/models/fc-apx-1-a1

Ribble tell me that these chainrings will fit it:

https://www.superstarcomponents.com/en/ ... w-wide.htm

But the blurb on the website specifically callout that they don't.

Can anybody clarify?

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  • lemonenemalemonenema Posts: 212
    Id go with the description on superstar website, they know what theyre talking about and know their products
    from a brief internet search it looks like youll have to buy an SRAM one as nobody else makes them to fit
    Edit, ok Wolftooth do but they are the same price as SRAM.
  • MatthewfalleMatthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    one of the MFs is using a Raceface one from Amazon on his Apex chainset and it works perfectly.

    it was recommended by a very nice dude off here and was a bargain - £20 or something?

    #bargain
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • BorderraiderBorderraider Posts: 51
    Any chance you could point me in the direction of this?
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    one of the MFs is using a Raceface one from Amazon on his Apex chainset and it works perfectly.

    it was recommended by a very nice dude off here and was a bargain - £20 or something?

    #bargain
  • MatthewfalleMatthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    this is what we are after, but they are out of stock darn it....

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Raceface-Unise ... B00HEE7ORW

    i'll get an MF to have a look around this arvo befor going for gelato and an espresso


    #gelatoandespresso
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • MatthewfalleMatthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    they have a 42 tooth x 130bcd at chainreaction for £35 - the MF in question is running 42 tooth with an 11-32 on the back.

    will climb anything but you do spin out quite quickly. admittedly a clubbie would probably struggle to turn it but for a MF it can be frustrating.

    #spinny
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • BorderraiderBorderraider Posts: 51
    This doesn't fit I'm afraid. the current apex has an (afaik) unique 4 bolt asymetric pattern.

    BTW what does mf stand for?
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    this is what we are after, but they are out of stock darn it....

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Raceface-Unise ... B00HEE7ORW

    i'll get an MF to have a look around this arvo befor going for gelato and an espresso


    #gelatoandespresso
  • MatthewfalleMatthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    a Matthew Falle. there are lots of them. they are like minions around the place constantly getting under your feet and causing trouble.


    Aaaaaah now I get you re chainring sourcing issues. how annoying.

    how much is one to fit your chainset?

    #expenditure
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • BorderraiderBorderraider Posts: 51
    Extensive research shows that there are NO aftermarket chainrings available for this chain set. It seems to be a bolt pattern totally unique to this model! Hoping somebody can prove me wrong.
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    a Matthew Falle. there are lots of them. they are like minions around the place constantly getting under your feet and causing trouble.


    Aaaaaah now I get you re chainring sourcing issues. how annoying.

    how much is one to fit your chainset?

    #expenditure
  • MatthewfalleMatthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Borderraider wrote:
    Extensive research shows that there are NO aftermarket chainrings available for this chain set. It seems to be a bolt pattern totally unique to this model! Hoping somebody can prove me wrong.
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    a Matthew Falle. there are lots of them. they are like minions around the place constantly getting under your feet and causing trouble.


    Aaaaaah now I get you re chainring sourcing issues. how annoying.

    how much is one to fit your chainset?

    #expenditure

    £50 at Planet X......

    #frustration
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • BorderraiderBorderraider Posts: 51
    What are £50 at PlanetX?
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    Borderraider wrote:
    Extensive research shows that there are NO aftermarket chainrings available for this chain set. It seems to be a bolt pattern totally unique to this model! Hoping somebody can prove me wrong.
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    a Matthew Falle. there are lots of them. they are like minions around the place constantly getting under your feet and causing trouble.


    Aaaaaah now I get you re chainring sourcing issues. how annoying.

    how much is one to fit your chainset?

    #expenditure

    £50 at Planet X......

    #frustration
  • lemonenemalemonenema Posts: 212
    Im glad that everyone ignored my post then eventually coming to the same conclusion
  • arlowoodarlowood Posts: 2,551
    Borderraider wrote:
    What are £50 at PlanetX?


    This

    https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/CRSXSYNC/ ... -chainring
  • BorderraiderBorderraider Posts: 51
    Ah yes, you can get that one. I should probably have specified that I was looking for a smaller chainring for riding gravel in the alps.
    arlowood wrote:
    Borderraider wrote:
    What are £50 at PlanetX?


    This

    https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/CRSXSYNC/ ... -chainring
  • janwaljanwal Posts: 487
    This could be worth bidding for if the GXP bottom bracket is the same as yours.
    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SRAM-Rival-1 ... Swc-BdUyge
    Will be the five bolt so give you plenty of choices for chainrings.
  • janwaljanwal Posts: 487
    I posted the eBay Rival one as yours in the pic is Apex not Rival as you say in your original post.
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