FSA Carbon Compact

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Cat Dailey
[B]For the experts:

Does the FSA Carbon Compact crank come in a Campy
compatible model?



Sorry, a tapered crankset to fit a standard Campagnolo bottom bracket spindle is not available.

Quoted post said:

Originally posted by Cat Dailey
Anyone have any experience with the shifting of 34/50
chainrings? Does it shift well?

I put some Sugino 34x50 chainrings on an old mountain bike crank and put that on my winter road bike. Shifts fine using a road front der. designed for 15T diff and 50-56T big ring.

catdaily-<< Anyone have any experience with the shifting of
34/50 chainrings? Does it shift well? >><BR><BR>

We have installed many of these on shimano and Campagnolo
equipped bicycles and they shift just fine.

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Cat Dailey said:

Anyone have any experience with the shifting of 34/50
chainrings? Does it shift well?

I use a 34/52 (with a _triple_ front derailleur) and it's
just fine with friction shifting. I wouldn't care to try it
with indexed front shifting.
--
David Damerell <[email hidden]> flcl?

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Quoted message said:

For the experts:

Does the FSA Carbon Compact crank come in a Campy
compatible model?

If so, can I use my existing Record bottom bracket?

Anyone have any experience with the shifting of 34/50
chainrings? Does it shift well?

_ I've been using 36/53 for a few weeks and it shifts just
fine. The double shift from the 36/small sprocket to the
53/big takes some getting used to. I also occasionly have
overshoots when going from big to little chainring. This is
caused by pedaling hard and trying shift at the same time,
generally a bad idea anyway. The chain kind of springs off
the big ring and can miss the little.

_ Booker C. Bense

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Cat Dailey said:

Does the FSA Carbon Compact crank come in a Campy
compatible model?

If so, can I use my existing Record bottom bracket?

Anyone have any experience with the shifting of 34/50
chainrings? Does it shift well?

The Record bb is not usable for the FSA Compact Crank. Sell
the bb and get an ISIS one.

My Campy 10 front derailleur shifts the FSA 50/34 perfectly.
The same front derailleur shifts a Sugino XD with 48/34
rings fine too.

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Quoted message said:

Cat Dailey said:

Does the FSA Carbon Compact crank come in a Campy
compatible model?

If so, can I use my existing Record bottom bracket?

Anyone have any experience with the shifting of 34/50
chainrings? Does

it

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

shift well?

The Record bb is not usable for the FSA Compact Crank.
Sell the bb and get an ISIS one.

My Campy 10 front derailleur shifts the FSA 50/34
perfectly. The same front derailleur shifts a Sugino XD
with 48/34 rings fine too.

Thanks for the info...

Cat

Cat Dailey said:

For the experts:

Does the FSA Carbon Compact crank come in a Campy
compatible model?

If so, can I use my existing Record bottom bracket?

Anyone have any experience with the shifting of 34/50
chainrings? Does it shift well?

There are 25 different models of FSA carbon crank (plus
scores of aluminum models). Five of those are available in
Shimano square taper, none for normal Campagnolo.

However, yesterday we enjoyed a protracted discussion here
about a vintage DuraAce crank that culminated in this photo:
yellowjersey.org7400 2.JPGOpen ↗

That's an FC-7400 on a Shimano UN-72 and on a Campagnolo
ACH.The photo seems to show that differences between
Campagnolo normal taper and the new Shimano taper
section are smaller than you might think. It may be a
reasonably interchangeable thing. If your LBS has one,
I'd try it and see.

How many rings? FSA suggests 113mm for triples, 108mm for
doubles and 103mm for singles. If your Record is for the
current double it is only 102mm. The current RecordTriple is
an asymmetric 113.
--
Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1
April, 1971

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Quoted message said:

Cat Dailey said:

For the experts:

Does the FSA Carbon Compact crank come in a Campy
compatible model?

If so, can I use my existing Record bottom bracket?

Anyone have any experience with the shifting of 34/50
chainrings? Does

it

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

shift well?

There are 25 different models of FSA carbon crank (plus
scores of aluminum models). Five of those are available in
Shimano square taper, none for normal Campagnolo.

However, yesterday we enjoyed a protracted discussion here
about a vintage DuraAce crank that culminated in this
photo:
yellowjersey.org7400 2.JPGOpen ↗

That's an FC-7400 on a Shimano UN-72 and on a Campagnolo
ACH.The photo seems to show that differences between
Campagnolo normal taper and the new Shimano taper section
are smaller than you might think. It may be a reasonably
interchangeable thing. If your LBS has one, I'd try it
and see.

How many rings? FSA suggests 113mm for triples, 108mm for
doubles and 103mm for singles. If your Record is for the
current double it is only 102mm. The current RecordTriple
is an asymmetric 113.
--
Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1
April, 1971

Thanks Andrew. I think I will be replacing the bb with an
ISIS one...got any recommendations for a good one?

Cat

Cat Dailey said:

For the experts:

Does the FSA Carbon Compact crank come in a Campy
compatible model?

Compatible? Unless you mean the bottom bracket only, there
is no issue of compatibility for Campy front shifters. As
someone else said, you will need a new bottom bracket, but
there are good ones available cheap.

Quoted message said:

Anyone have any experience with the shifting of 34/50
chainrings? Does it shift well?

No problem for me. Right now I use 30/46, which is in a
sense equivalent.

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