Bobby J's Crazy Chainrings
08-19-04, 03:45 PM
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Bobby J's Crazy Chainrings
Now that Bobby Julich's won the bronze medal in the Olympic TT with the Oxymetric chainrings (see thread below), would you ride these oddball rings if they really improve performance
https://www.velonews.com/tech/report/...es/6807.0.html
https://www.velonews.com/tech/report/...es/6807.0.html
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Originally Posted by boze
please don't underline text that's not linked, it gets me all confused +)
Just cut and pasted the link and it came out underlined..there are other links in other threads that appear underlined..like this one they work...not sure why you're having trouble..
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OLN interviewed the inventor during the TDF (because Julich was using them), but he didnt speak english too well so i didnt get much out of it.
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Yes and they improved biopace by bringing back round chain rings. Gosh a round wheel? Who would have thought it?
I think a flaw in ovalized designs is that they are cadence specific. The higher your cadence the closer you should be to round.
I think a flaw in ovalized designs is that they are cadence specific. The higher your cadence the closer you should be to round.
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Originally Posted by tourdecomp
These are more weight friendly than "rotocranks". I dont have these but they borrow an idea from biopace chainrings. Weight is a critical ellement in efficient cycling products. They certainly look different but are simple in design than a complicated system of after thought
