Originally Posted by
chewybrian
For the crank rings, I did consider the Sun xcd's and the Rene Herse. I like all of them. But I went with the TA's to tone things down a bit. It is a fine line between a bit of flash and too far over the top, like a woman wearing making; less is more sometimes.
If I had one of those minimalist rando frames, with no lugs and one color, I would have gone for the Herse rings for sure.
Question--Does anyone know where to get one of those dealies to stop the chain from dropping off the small ring, and here's the catch, that will work with the 28 small ring? The bike shop had one for 38's but it won't do any good with the rando size ring.
TA were always the most beautiful cranksets to me, and the SunXCD is like a deluxe version of one. I actually kind of prefer TA to the Herse aesthetically, though I think both look great. Certainly for this bike Herse cranks would have been too much.
AFA the chain catcher, shouldn't be too difficult. Try here.
Road Clamp-on Chain Catcher - K-EDGE
K-Edge
N gear