Thread: Changing 30/42/52 to 26/39/52
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Old 01-26-09 | 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Hawaiiwrench
Crunch the numbers on a 110 bcd mountain-bike triple and a corn-cob road cassette. You may find it to your liking and it will shift awesome.
I considered an XT crankset. The only problems are cosmetic:

- XT is 4 arm, not 5 arm, and

- It's only available in anodized black.

I'm trying to make this look pretty, as well as functional, and I'm after a 5 arm crank with a polished alloy finish.

If the XT (or LX) crankset was the only available route I would do it, but if there are more aesthetically pleasing solutions that are just as functional I prefer to go that way.
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