Hello
I have been out of the loop a very long time with cycling bits. There is one good bike shop near me, but I tend to buy lots of things I need in one go when they go out of fashion.
I am on my last chainset though (I should have bought more of the 7 speedXT ones when Chain reaction were selling them for £5 each!), and I'm thinking about its replacement.
Can someone tell me - what's the deal with 10 speed chainrings and compatability with 7 speed cassettes and chains? They didn't exist when I last bought new bike parts. I see there are lots of far eastern sounding names and credible looking chainsets and I'd consider buying one next time. The price of the old ones is going a bit silly. I see Spa is doing some nice 8 speed ones, but these are about 1/3 of the price and as a consumable, it's hard to ignore that.
I have been out of the loop a very long time with cycling bits. There is one good bike shop near me, but I tend to buy lots of things I need in one go when they go out of fashion.
I am on my last chainset though (I should have bought more of the 7 speedXT ones when Chain reaction were selling them for £5 each!), and I'm thinking about its replacement.
Can someone tell me - what's the deal with 10 speed chainrings and compatability with 7 speed cassettes and chains? They didn't exist when I last bought new bike parts. I see there are lots of far eastern sounding names and credible looking chainsets and I'd consider buying one next time. The price of the old ones is going a bit silly. I see Spa is doing some nice 8 speed ones, but these are about 1/3 of the price and as a consumable, it's hard to ignore that.