Originally Posted by 12XU
Doubtful...do you realize how incredibly tight that would be? I think the majority of cost comes from the hand finishing and alloys used, not necessarily the machining. Hell, why wouldn't they just make all of their chainrings round if all they had to do was press a button?
actually, I just got my S-Cubic today, and the piece of paper that came with it, although all in Japanese, has a bar graph that shows "S-Cubic" at 0.05 micrometers, and something else (in Japanese) at 0.50 micrometers. maybe it's referring to roundness?