stewartbradford
New Member
Hey guys,
I am in the market for a new chainset, currently running a 42/52 and want to change to a compact. However looking about there aren't any 8 speed compact chainsets for sale.
Having run a few permutations through Wheelworks' drivetrain wizard and it looks like I'm a bit screwed in terms of an optimum upgrade.
A 9 speed Campag would work but I can't find a reasonably priced Campag compact chainset and don't intend to move over to a full Campag groupset in the future.
Putting in basically any 9 speed chainset, be it Shimano or FSA (9/10 speed compatible) warns me about chainring/chain compatibility saying that is should work but there might be problems.
Pushing the boat out a wee bit further and considering an upgrade to an SRAM 10 speed (S350 for what it's worth) and I get a warning saying that it will need a narrower chain, but then I have concerns about the cassette - it says that it might be noisy but as long as it shifts I don't mind too much about a bit of noise.
A full upgrade of cassette, chainrings, shifters and rear derailleur is way out of budget at the moment but I was hoping to be able to start a move to either 9 or 10 speed with this upgrade.
So does anyone know if the SRAM upgrade would work, or would a 9 speed Shimano/FSA work better?
It's all too confusing
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Thanks,
Stewart
I am in the market for a new chainset, currently running a 42/52 and want to change to a compact. However looking about there aren't any 8 speed compact chainsets for sale.
Having run a few permutations through Wheelworks' drivetrain wizard and it looks like I'm a bit screwed in terms of an optimum upgrade.
A 9 speed Campag would work but I can't find a reasonably priced Campag compact chainset and don't intend to move over to a full Campag groupset in the future.
Putting in basically any 9 speed chainset, be it Shimano or FSA (9/10 speed compatible) warns me about chainring/chain compatibility saying that is should work but there might be problems.
Pushing the boat out a wee bit further and considering an upgrade to an SRAM 10 speed (S350 for what it's worth) and I get a warning saying that it will need a narrower chain, but then I have concerns about the cassette - it says that it might be noisy but as long as it shifts I don't mind too much about a bit of noise.
A full upgrade of cassette, chainrings, shifters and rear derailleur is way out of budget at the moment but I was hoping to be able to start a move to either 9 or 10 speed with this upgrade.
So does anyone know if the SRAM upgrade would work, or would a 9 speed Shimano/FSA work better?
It's all too confusing
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Thanks,
Stewart