Ok, bit of a long story here..
To start, I have a Marin highway one that I have messed around with quite a bit. It was originally a 'urban' flat bar bike, but after tasting a road set up I switched it over to road. I also added on the Sram 10spd rival crank. This setup caused me a great deal of problems. The 105 shifter was meant for a triple and didn't like the derailler that was on there(because the F/D was meant for mountain shifters) so it was hard to shift and the crank was a double so it took alot of adjustments to get it to work at all. Worst of all, When I was running the double, I could not use the smallest 3 cogs of my cassette when on the inner ring of the crank. You could audibly here the chain rubbing against the outer ring and it would even 'catch' and start to ride up onto the big ring until the derailler knocked it back down.
I can't say why it did that. Was this just a aspect of a double? Improper chainline for that frame?(meant for a triple?) Have to use a narrower? 10 spd chain?
So a week ago I switched back to the bikes original flat bar setup, and put the old 105 triple back on so it would work with the shifters. Unfortunately, I had sold the 105 bottom bracket to a friend earlier so I had to pick a new one up from the LBS. The one they sold me ruined my crank. The splines on the BB were slightly thicker then what the crank was meant for, and it gouged the aluminum threads of my crank when I put the crank on. I realized this when the crank arms pretty much fell off today and I saw the damage. So I returned the BB, and hope to get my money back later. Thats a different story though. I Need a new crank, and I'm definately not buying it from my LBS because apparently they know jack ****.
I am looking at the new 105 triple crank, they are going at a good price on ebay. However, they are the new 10 spd setup, which brings back painful memorys of my Sram Rival crank.
So here is my primary question: With a 9 spd chain, will I be able to have as wide a access to my rear cogs on the middle ring as I did on my old 105 triple? Has anyone had experience running the new shimano 10 speed cranks on their 9 speed bikes? I reallllly like the looks of the new 105 crank and I want to believe it will work, but I don't want to go through another nightmare like I did with the Sram rival crank.
To start, I have a Marin highway one that I have messed around with quite a bit. It was originally a 'urban' flat bar bike, but after tasting a road set up I switched it over to road. I also added on the Sram 10spd rival crank. This setup caused me a great deal of problems. The 105 shifter was meant for a triple and didn't like the derailler that was on there(because the F/D was meant for mountain shifters) so it was hard to shift and the crank was a double so it took alot of adjustments to get it to work at all. Worst of all, When I was running the double, I could not use the smallest 3 cogs of my cassette when on the inner ring of the crank. You could audibly here the chain rubbing against the outer ring and it would even 'catch' and start to ride up onto the big ring until the derailler knocked it back down.
I can't say why it did that. Was this just a aspect of a double? Improper chainline for that frame?(meant for a triple?) Have to use a narrower? 10 spd chain?
So a week ago I switched back to the bikes original flat bar setup, and put the old 105 triple back on so it would work with the shifters. Unfortunately, I had sold the 105 bottom bracket to a friend earlier so I had to pick a new one up from the LBS. The one they sold me ruined my crank. The splines on the BB were slightly thicker then what the crank was meant for, and it gouged the aluminum threads of my crank when I put the crank on. I realized this when the crank arms pretty much fell off today and I saw the damage. So I returned the BB, and hope to get my money back later. Thats a different story though. I Need a new crank, and I'm definately not buying it from my LBS because apparently they know jack ****.
I am looking at the new 105 triple crank, they are going at a good price on ebay. However, they are the new 10 spd setup, which brings back painful memorys of my Sram Rival crank.
So here is my primary question: With a 9 spd chain, will I be able to have as wide a access to my rear cogs on the middle ring as I did on my old 105 triple? Has anyone had experience running the new shimano 10 speed cranks on their 9 speed bikes? I reallllly like the looks of the new 105 crank and I want to believe it will work, but I don't want to go through another nightmare like I did with the Sram rival crank.
