can I change only crankset on sram system bike?
12-31-18, 06:26 AM
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can I change only crankset on sram system bike?
I have a bike with entire sram Apex groupset including 46-36 chainrings.
can i change crankset to 50-34 or 53-39 with different arm length without changing any other component on the bike maybe except length of chain?
even sram didn’t seem to produce each slightly different components on the market, still I was wondering that very same front derailleur have taken only 10t difference can take 16t difference in a heartbeat.
can i change crankset to 50-34 or 53-39 with different arm length without changing any other component on the bike maybe except length of chain?
even sram didn’t seem to produce each slightly different components on the market, still I was wondering that very same front derailleur have taken only 10t difference can take 16t difference in a heartbeat.
12-31-18, 06:32 AM
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You'll need a chain too.
12-31-18, 11:41 AM
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Give it a try.. (IDK your skill level)
Arm length change, ?yea you need to buy a new crankset.. buy another Sram with the same external bearings in the box ..
you can use replacements in the future , and you get a better price , than buying them separately, later..
Arm length change, ?yea you need to buy a new crankset.. buy another Sram with the same external bearings in the box ..
you can use replacements in the future , and you get a better price , than buying them separately, later..
12-31-18, 02:25 PM
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Got to wonder what benefit your expecting to get from the change, except a lot of cost.
Would look at a gear ratio calculator, and work out if you are going to get a worthwhile change.
For the crank length, maybe this is worth changing crank for, but unless your going from 165mm to 180mm, you are probably only going a max of 5mm, more likely 2.5mm, will this be noticeable?
Would look at a gear ratio calculator, and work out if you are going to get a worthwhile change.
For the crank length, maybe this is worth changing crank for, but unless your going from 165mm to 180mm, you are probably only going a max of 5mm, more likely 2.5mm, will this be noticeable?
12-31-18, 02:32 PM
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46 - 36 is a cyclo cross bike gear set, ,, 46:12 is plenty high a gear is it not?
in Cyclocross racing when 36:27 is not low enough , you start running..
in Cyclocross racing when 36:27 is not low enough , you start running..
12-31-18, 08:57 PM
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thanks for many replies!
I won’t need to change the front derailleur accordingly, right?
this was my first road type bike in my life. hehe.
there are not much diverse bikers in where I live. people in here just ride MTB on asphalt and street.
(- it is 5mm shorter, but I feel clearly uncomfortable with 170mm, (I’m 167cm tall, 5’6”, Asian male)
there was a master fitter somewhere in Europe who indicated out publicly that riders around 170cm height fits much better in 165mm crank arm and I grew to agree with him. I definitely fit in shorter crank arm.
- It is a cyclocross and I’ve wanted higher and maybe wider gearing ratio range especially when I changed the wheels with road slick tyres.)
I won’t need to change the front derailleur accordingly, right?
this was my first road type bike in my life. hehe.
there are not much diverse bikers in where I live. people in here just ride MTB on asphalt and street.
(- it is 5mm shorter, but I feel clearly uncomfortable with 170mm, (I’m 167cm tall, 5’6”, Asian male)
there was a master fitter somewhere in Europe who indicated out publicly that riders around 170cm height fits much better in 165mm crank arm and I grew to agree with him. I definitely fit in shorter crank arm.
- It is a cyclocross and I’ve wanted higher and maybe wider gearing ratio range especially when I changed the wheels with road slick tyres.)
Last edited by Quintessentium; 12-31-18 at 09:05 PM.
