Shimano Compact Crankset

I saw the prototype compact crankset, which Shimano is planning to
release in early January of 2006.

It looks similar to the Dura Ace crankset with the outter bearings.
The chainrings even mirrored the Dura Ace chainrings. In fact, you
could call it a baby versin of the Dura Ace crankset. The chainrings
made it look very chunky.

The representative said it would retail around $290.00.

Claude

Yeah, I saw the same crank at the SF Gran Prix bike expo. Not a very
attractive crank, but I bet Shimano sells a ton of them.

In contrast, Campy's new 110bcd Centaur silver crank is very pretty and
with a "retail" price of $149, it should also sell very well too:

https://secure3.nexternal.com/shared...ideJ ava=True

bfd wrote:
Yeah, I saw the same crank at the SF Gran Prix bike expo. Not a very
attractive crank, but I bet Shimano sells a ton of them.

In contrast, Campy's new 110bcd Centaur silver crank is very pretty
and with a "retail" price of $149, it should also sell very well too:

https://secure3.nexternal.com/shared...ideJ ava=True

It sounds like Shimano's hoping that the Centaur will require a $140 bottom
bracket

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training

C.H. Luu wrote:
I saw the prototype compact crankset, which Shimano is planning to
release in early January of 2006.

It looks similar to the Dura Ace crankset with the outter bearings.
The chainrings even mirrored the Dura Ace chainrings. In fact, you
could call it a baby versin of the Dura Ace crankset. The chainrings
made it look very chunky.

The representative said it would retail around $290.00.

Claude

Any photos yet?

Yeah, I saw the same crank at the SF Gran Prix bike expo. Not a very
attractive crank, but I bet Shimano sells a ton of them.

It's possible that Shimano may have blown it with their compact crank, in
two ways. First, it's quite late to the party. And second, they got the bugs
out of their high-end triples, such that both the DuraAce & Ultegra 52/39/30
combos work phenomenally well. There's really no downside, apart from a bit
of extra weight.

If Shimano really wanted to succeed with compact cranks (and, for that
matter, doubles in general), they'd get a clue and come out with a 12-29
10-spd cassette. C'mon, there's *10* cogs back there, it's not like giving
us a 29t is going to space them too far apart.

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

Would the current GS rear derailleurs in DA, Ultegra & 105 accomodate the
12-29 ? Shimano says they only go to 27 as the largest cog, though the Chain
Wrap Capacity of the Shimano GS derailleurs at 37 should easily accomodate a
12-29 if a 50/34 is up front. Makes a lot of sense to me.

Rick


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says...

Yeah, I saw the same crank at the SF Gran Prix bike expo. Not a very
attractive crank, but I bet Shimano sells a ton of them.

It's possible that Shimano may have blown it with their compact crank, in
two ways. First, it's quite late to the party. And second, they got the bugs
out of their high-end triples, such that both the DuraAce & Ultegra 52/39/30
combos work phenomenally well. There's really no downside, apart from a bit
of extra weight.

If Shimano really wanted to succeed with compact cranks (and, for that
matter, doubles in general), they'd get a clue and come out with a 12-29
10-spd cassette. C'mon, there's *10* cogs back there, it's not like giving
us a 29t is going to space them too far apart.

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

Cut & Paste the following into your browser, Shimano is listing it as Ultegra
quality:

www.rickschiller.com/shimanocompact.jpg


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says...

C.H. Luu wrote:
I saw the prototype compact crankset, which Shimano is planning to
release in early January of 2006.

It looks similar to the Dura Ace crankset with the outter bearings.
The chainrings even mirrored the Dura Ace chainrings. In fact, you
could call it a baby versin of the Dura Ace crankset. The chainrings
made it look very chunky.

The representative said it would retail around $290.00.

Claude

Any photos yet?

http://www.roadcyclinguk.com/news/im...ompact_big.jpg

better picture


In article ,
says...

Cut & Paste the following into your browser, Shimano is listing it as Ultegra
quality:

www.rickschiller.com/shimanocompact.jpg


In article .com,
says...

C.H. Luu wrote:
I saw the prototype compact crankset, which Shimano is planning to
release in early January of 2006.

It looks similar to the Dura Ace crankset with the outter bearings.
The chainrings even mirrored the Dura Ace chainrings. In fact, you
could call it a baby versin of the Dura Ace crankset. The chainrings
made it look very chunky.

The representative said it would retail around $290.00.

Claude

Any photos yet?

rs wrote:
http://www.roadcyclinguk.com/news/im...ompact_big.jpg

better picture

IMO, those stupid big chainrings look so ugly.

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training

On 7 Sep 2005 12:36:56 -0700, "C.H. Luu" wrote:

I saw the prototype compact crankset, which Shimano is planning to
release in early January of 2006.

It looks similar to the Dura Ace crankset with the outter bearings.
The chainrings even mirrored the Dura Ace chainrings. In fact, you
could call it a baby versin of the Dura Ace crankset. The chainrings
made it look very chunky.

The representative said it would retail around $290.00.

That's just the first step in migrating the current DA tech down to
the lower groups. Shimano can be expected to continue this trend,
since it promises to eventually do away with the cheap generic BB for
a few years while the patents on the outboard bearing design are still
alive.

Of course, that latter factor doesn't obtain if enough folks simply
continue to use cranks that take a square taper, which I predict will
remain the more common design by far. If Shimano converts enough of
their line to this style of setup, I see a much brighter future for
Campy and the other square-taper crank makers.
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