New Chainset

archierob <[email hidden]> wrote:
: The chainset on my bike is a triple Stronglight. The inner ring is well worn
: and needs replacing. Looking at ring prices it doesn't make sense to buy the
: rings as a new chainset doesn't cost that much more! Getting on a bit now
: (60) (so is the bike!) so need low gears, ideally say 24/34/44 sounds about
: right for me. Can anyone point me in the right direction and to be honest
: £50 (or less) would be my budget. Standard square ends with 14 mm nut.

What sort of Stronglight is it? Depending on the quality of your
current chainset it might be worth replacing the rings.

Arthur

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in message <[email hidden]>, archierob

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The chainset on my bike is a triple Stronglight. The inner ring is
well worn and needs replacing. Looking at ring prices it doesn't make
sense to buy the rings as a new chainset doesn't cost that much more!
Getting on a bit now (60) (so is the bike!) so need low gears, ideally
say 24/34/44 sounds about right for me. Can anyone point me in the
right direction and to be honest £50 (or less) would be my budget.
Standard square ends with 14 mm nut.

This probably isn't a good economy as your Stronglight triple (if it's
anything like old Stronglight doubles I know) is a really good one. A
similar quality modern chainset would set you back over £100.

St John Street cycles (whom I'm currently boycotting because of their
'edinburgh bicycles' website scam, but anyway) will sell you a new
Stronglight ring for about a fifteen quid, depending on size. Your LBS
may be able to do similar.

<URL:http://www.sjscycles.com/store/vIndex.htm?cat502.htm>

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Simon Brooke said:

St John Street cycles (whom I'm currently boycotting because of their
'edinburgh bicycles' website scam, but anyway)

That's a touch harsh, isn't it? I mean, it was 4 years ago, and they
undid it and apologised as soon as people realised.

A

archierob said:

The chainset on my bike is a triple Stronglight. The inner ring is
well worn and needs replacing. Looking at ring prices it doesn't make
sense to buy the rings as a new chainset doesn't cost that much more!
Getting on a bit now (60) (so is the bike!) so need low gears,
ideally say 24/34/44 sounds about right for me. Can anyone point me
in the right direction and to be honest £50 (or less) would be my
budget. Standard square ends with 14 mm nut.

http://www.settlecycles.co.uk/shop/ have good prices on Stronglight rings
and chainsets, with free post.

~PB

"Ambrose Nankivell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Simon Brooke said:

St John Street cycles (whom I'm currently boycotting because of their
'edinburgh bicycles' website scam, but anyway)

That's a touch harsh, isn't it? I mean, it was 4 years ago, and they
undid it and apologised as soon as people realised.

A

Could someone fill me in on what St John Street Cycles did,
I'am new to this news group and not up to scratch on website scams.

s....Six said:

"Ambrose Nankivell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Simon Brooke said:

St John Street cycles (whom I'm currently boycotting because of their
'edinburgh bicycles' website scam, but anyway)

That's a touch harsh, isn't it? I mean, it was 4 years ago, and they
undid it and apologised as soon as people realised.

Could someone fill me in on what St John Street Cycles did,
I'am new to this news group and not up to scratch on website scams.

Very little. It registered edinburghbicycles.com in a fit of
excitement (and back before domains were cheap) and redirected it to
itself. When questioned on this they changed it to link to both
edinburgh-bicycle.co.uk and sjscycles.com .

It was, IMHO, a silly judgement error, before internet trading was a
big enough thing that people realised ordinary ethics applied.

A

in message <[email hidden]>, Ambrose Nankivell

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s....Six said:

"Ambrose Nankivell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Simon Brooke <[email hidden]> writes:
> St John Street cycles (whom I'm currently boycotting because of
> their 'edinburgh bicycles' website scam, but anyway)

That's a touch harsh, isn't it? I mean, it was 4 years ago, and
they undid it and apologised as soon as people realised.

Could someone fill me in on what St John Street Cycles did,
I'am new to this news group and not up to scratch on website scams.

Very little. It registered edinburghbicycles.com in a fit of
excitement (and back before domains were cheap) and redirected it to
itself.

Which definitely counts as 'passing off' in my book, and that has been
illegal since the middle ages and unethical for longer than that.

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Quoted message said:

archierob said:

The chainset on my bike is a triple Stronglight. The inner ring is
well worn and needs replacing. Looking at ring prices it doesn't make
sense to buy the rings as a new chainset doesn't cost that much more!
Getting on a bit now (60) (so is the bike!) so need low gears,
ideally say 24/34/44 sounds about right for me. Can anyone point me
in the right direction and to be honest £50 (or less) would be my
budget. Standard square ends with 14 mm nut.

http://www.settlecycles.co.uk/shop/ have good prices on Stronglight rings
and chainsets, with free post.

Watch closely which type of Stronglight this is. The classic cranksets
do not accept inner rings smaller than 28 teeth due to the bolt circle.
So you might end up needing to replace the chainset altogether.

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Simon Brooke said:

in message <[email hidden]>, Ambrose Nankivell

(') said:

Very little. It registered edinburghbicycles.com in a fit of
excitement (and back before domains were cheap) and redirected it to
itself.

Which definitely counts as 'passing off' in my book, and that has been
illegal since the middle ages and unethical for longer than that.

Just how stupid would you have to be to not realise that you were buying
stuff from SJSC and not EBC? I doubt someone that clueless would be
tying their own shoelaces let alone buying stuff on the web.

James
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Simon Brooke <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

St John Street cycles (whom I'm currently boycotting because of their
'edinburgh bicycles' website scam, but anyway) will sell you a new
Stronglight ring for about a fifteen quid, depending on size.

And then slap a fiver on top for P&P. Spa Cycles (something of a
Stronglight specialist) or Settle Cycles ought to be able to offer
same, but with better value for money.

David E. Belcher

Stronglight 80 & Escapade chainrings 28 to 52
86mm pcd plain alloy rings from 28 to 52 tooth.
the same pcd rings fit Model 80, 99 100 etc.
all size rings can be fitted as single, double or triple chainsets.
sl80cr
From £11.99
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Thanks to all that helped.The above is from Settle Cycles.
Dont really know what 86mm pcd means - can you inform?
The chainset originally was on a Peugeot bike and is about I guess 10 years
old.
There are five 'arms' on the crank, I cant see any model number.
Do you think the above will fit?

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archierob said:

Stronglight 80 & Escapade chainrings 28 to 52
86mm pcd plain alloy rings from 28 to 52 tooth.
the same pcd rings fit Model 80, 99 100 etc.
all size rings can be fitted as single, double or triple chainsets.
sl80cr
From £11.99
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - -
- - - - - - - - -
Thanks to all that helped.The above is from Settle Cycles.
Dont really know what 86mm pcd means - can you inform?

pcd = Pitch Circle Diameter = Bolt Circle Diameter

See http://www.sheldonbrown.com/gloss_bo-z.html

Quoted message said:

The chainset originally was on a Peugeot bike and is about I guess 10
years old.
There are five 'arms' on the crank, I cant see any model number.
Do you think the above will fit?

I don't know but you can check the BCD by measuring distance between two
adjacent bolt holes on the existing chainring. BCD will be 86mm if that
measurement is 50.5mm. Ring should fit if the BCD and number of arms (or
holes) is correct.

Ideally middle rings for triple chainsets should be designed as middles,
though double inners will fit and work to some extent. Modern middle and
outer rings have pins that help the chain climb up from the smaller ring.

~PB