Category: Drivetrain Components

RaceFace Cinch Power Meter Spindle Silver, 134mm Review

August 22, 2018 Gooze No Comments Drivetrain Components

RaceFace Cinch Power Meter Spindle Silver, 134mm

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  • BB Type: BSA 68/73mm, BB92/89, PF 30 68/73mm
  • Spindle: 134mm Cinch mountain spindle
  • Compatible Components: Race Face Next SL G4, Next G3, Next R, Turbine, Easton EC90
  • Claimed Weight: 154g
  • Recommended Use: mountain biking

An invaluable tool for assessing your output during long training rides, grueling intervals, and competitive races, the Race Face Cinch Power Meter Spindle offers the adaptable versatility of Race Face’s Cinch system while delivering cadence and pedal efficiency directly to your head unit or smartphone for analysis. Not only is the meter’s +/- 2% power accuracy on par with many industry leaders, but the Cinch Spindle adapts to a wide variety of cranks from both Race Face and Easton. This left-side power meter is safely tucked into your bottom bracket shell, ensuring longevity over crank arm meters prone to rock strikes and damaging impacts on the trail. The 400-hour battery life is impressive, outlasting many of the other gadgets and head units hooked up on our mountain bikes. When it’s time to recharge, simply pop off the port and plug in a USB cable to quickly juice this power meter. Dual Bluetooth low energy and ANT+ ensure seamless compatibility with today’s smartphones and head units, with Race Face offering a Cinch Power Meter app for both Apple and Android devices. Another feature to note is the power meter’s auto-start/stop function, which can be disabled from the app when you’re traveling to the trail head or race venue. The Race Face Cinch Power Meter comes with an antenna cap tool, crank extractor/crank bolt adapter, 8 – 16-millimeter hex adapter, USB charging cable, and installation/operation manual.

RaceFace Chester Mountain Bike Crankset Review

August 22, 2018 Gooze No Comments Drivetrain Components

RaceFace Chester Mountain Bike Crankset

  • AM strength net-forged from 6066-T6 alloy crank arms with reinforced CrMo steel I-lock pedal inserts
  • 3mm of chainline adjustability ensures the ability to achieve perfect drivetrain alignment even with difficult suspension frame designs and ideal for fine-tuning shifting chainguide set-ups
  • Extended spline interface length on the fixed LH crank arm ensures long term durability and no loosening or creaking even from big hit riding
  • Features the ‘EXI’ interface external bottom bracket system for easier crank installation and removal with standard tools and fully adjustable chainline
  • Its middle-weight AM BB spindles are stronger than some of the competitors’ DH spindles.

The Chester brings Race Face’s legendary DH/FR crankset technology, performance and styling to an incredibly attractive price point. They cut a full half pound off our previous Ride DH crank and added bold new graphics. This crank is the perfect choice for your AM, DJ, DH or FR rig and won’t break the bank Extensive engineering and finite element analysis have been employed to maximize strength from this net-forged 6066 alloy crank while keeping weight as low as possible. The patented I-lock CrMo steel inserts give this crank DH strength at the critical pedal interface.

SRAM GX Eagle Dub Groupset – Boost Review

August 22, 2018 Gooze No Comments Drivetrain Components

SRAM GX Eagle Dub Groupset - Boost

  • Rear Derailleur: GX Eagle 12-speed
  • Shifters: GX Eagle 12-speed
  • Crankset: GX Eagle DUB Direct Mount 12-speed Boost
  • Actual Weight Notes: This includes the packaging
  • Teeth: 32t

The benefits of 1×11 drivetrains were undeniable for riders who made the switch to a single-ring setup. Better chain retention, quieter operation, lower maintenance, and simplified shifting just made sense on the mountain bike side of things. The only downside was running out of gears, being forced to spin up a steep climb at an uncomfortable cadence or wishing you had a little more top end on fast fire roads and descents. When SRAM released the 12-speed Eagle group that all changed. The addition of a 12th gear and the dinner-plate sized cassette that came with it left some skeptical, but it gave us a 500% gear range that rivaled that of 2x systems, and provided some of the best mechanical shifting on the market. It was pricey at first, but then GX Eagle came onto the scene, bringing Eagle to the masses. This GX Eagle DUB Groupset includes everything you need to put Eagle on your trail bike, less a SRAM DUB bottom bracket and an XD driver for your hub. This groupset includes the crankset, cassette, chain, rear derailleur, shifter, and b-gap adjustment tool. The crankset is made of 7000-series aluminum which is both light and strong, and helps keep the price of the groupset reasonable. It comes with a 3mm offset, Boost chainring for bikes with 12 x 148mm rear spacing. The crankset uses a DUB spindle, which SRAM created to be compatible with virtually any frame, provided you get the correct DUB bottom bracket (not included). SRAM claims the DUB spindle is stiffer than GXP, yet lighter than BB30, so combined with the increased compatibility it makes sense that they made the rolling change to DUB. The derailleur and shifter offer similar performance to their higher-end XO1 and XX1 counterparts, the primary difference being weight and the material composition of the shift levers. The cassette provides the same mighty 10-50t gear range, but with all steel cogs. Yes it’s heavier, but arguably more durable. The chain uses solid pins instead of the hollow pins found on …

Campagnolo FC-SR352 52t 11s Chainring Review

August 22, 2018 Gooze No Comments Drivetrain Components

Campagnolo FC-SR352 52t 11s Chainring

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  • Use with 36t
  • Material: Aluminum
  • Chainring BCD: 146 Campagnolo Asymmetric
  • Defined Color: Black
  • Ring Position/TYPE: Outer

52 tooth 11 speed Campagnolo chainring for use with 36 tooth innerchainring Compatible with 4-arm carbon crank arms 2015 112/145mm BCD

Campagnolo 2014 Record 10-Speed Steel/Titanium Road Bicycle Cassette Review

August 21, 2018 Gooze No Comments Drivetrain Components

Campagnolo 2014 Record 10-Speed Steel/Titanium Road Bicycle Cassette

  • 188 g
  • steel-titanium version excellent compromise between weight savings and cost
  • aluminium carrier for the largest sprockets precision, rigidity and weight savings
  • Ultra-Drive machining of the teeth chain passage optimization
  • nickel-chrome surface treatments on steel longer life, lower wear

The teeth of the Record sprocket set have an Ultra Drive design that integrates the chain and chainwheels of the crankset to ensure fast, precise and consistent shifting through the years. The 11-25 combination is also available and is ideal if used with compact cranksets. Ultra Drive – nickel-chromed finish for steel sprockets – light alloy carrier – supplied without lockring (except for 11-21, 11-23 and 11-25).

SRAM Red Compact Crankset Review

August 21, 2018 Gooze No Comments Drivetrain Components

SRAM Red Compact Crankset

  • Featherweight Exogram hollow carbon construction
  • X Glide R chainrings: advanced shifting technology
  • Hidden bolt for increased strength and stiffness
  • Bottom bracket not included

The new SRAM Red Exogram Crankset is completely hollow all the way to the spider. Its hidden bolt pattern makes better use of carbon fiber to further improve stiffness and shed weight. The stunning X Glide chainrings are optimized for use with the Yaw Technology in the frontSRAM: Tweak. Refine. Tweak. Refine. Leap Ahead.

RaceFace Turbine Chainrings Black Review

August 21, 2018 Gooze No Comments Drivetrain Components

RaceFace Turbine Chainrings Black

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  • New asymmetrical tooth profiling and more upshift and downshift zones yield instantaneous smooth and quiet shifting, even under load
  • Three times stiffer than the previous Team chainrings without any weight gain-net result is much sharper, quicker and more responsive shifts as well as increased resistance to impacts
  • Machined in Canada with US made aluminum

After two years of engineering work and rigorous testing, the all new Turbine rings are ready to ride. Completely redesigned from the ground up, these rings shift like nothing else. As with our previous Team and Race rings, the Turbine rings are made from 7075 aluminum, so they are built to last.

SRAM X1 1400 GXP Crankset Review

August 21, 2018 Gooze No Comments Drivetrain Components

SRAM X1 1400 GXP Crankset

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  • X-SYNC tooth profile provides maximum chain control
  • Hollow forged aluminum arms with forged aluminum spider
  • Chain ring guard option

Quality and durability combine in the SRAM X1 crank set to deliver consistent performance every time out. Featuring SRAM’s X-SYNC tooth profile, the X1 crank set is engineered for complete chain control.