Originally Posted by
Wanderer
Why not just get shorter crank arms to go with your current rings**********? Makes no sense that you NEED new rings!
The cranks I'm changing to are custom SRAM 600 while my current crank is a Shimano. I also need to change the bottom bracket cartridge. Admittedly, I have no idea what I'm doing-just following the instruction of the person I bought the custom crankset from!
Originally Posted by
DorkDisk
Steel rings last a long long time. They are also very very heavy. A large aluminium chainring will drop some weight. A properly made large Al chainring lasts a long time.
Why are you swapping cranks?
Thanks for the explanation. I'm swapping cranks because I feel my current 170 mm ones are too long. I'm only 156 cm tall (5' 1/2")