http://prestashrader.com/2009/09/11/keen-eye/ Musings and Reflections from the Trenches of the Bike Industry Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:21:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://prestashrader.com/2009/09/11/keen-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-142 johnny gaijin Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:10:18 +0000 http://prestashrader.com/?p=516#comment-142 it's not just campy either. i've had to file shimano rings to fit sram cranks too. and the other day trying to replace a bent sram inner chainring with a shimano and then an fsa ring i found the gap between outer and inner rings is different w/ each ring. the chain would fall between the rings when i used the shimano and fsa rings. and all our dealers are out of truvativ rings in the size i need. sheesh. chain rings appear compatible but really are borderline proprietary. it’s not just campy either. i’ve had to file shimano rings to fit sram cranks too. and the other day trying to replace a bent sram inner chainring with a shimano and then an fsa ring i found the gap between outer and inner rings is different w/ each ring. the chain would fall between the rings when i used the shimano and fsa rings. and all our dealers are out of truvativ rings in the size i need.
sheesh.
chain rings appear compatible but really are borderline proprietary.

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