Rotor Q rings

fran83

Hi I am wondering does anybody ride the Q ring chainrings from rotor or the rotor 3D chainset?

Are they worth the money?
How is shifting with them?

Home:Ballyhoura

I've heard Philip Deignan off the record say that they were a gimick, the oval chainrings that is when ihe was leaving Cervelo who were sponsored by Rotor. Although I suppose it depends on your riding style, look at Bradley Wiggins they're not holding him back anyway!

velo.2010

fran83 wrote: »

Hi I am wondering does anybody ride the Q ring chainrings from rotor or the rotor 3D chainset?

Are they worth the money?
How is shifting with them?

Shifting? Apparently there is some faffing about to be done with the F.D. to allow proper big ring/small ring shifting. There was a review of these oval chainsets in the last issue of Cycling Plus magazine(Sept issue?).

Quigs Snr

I am just putting a Specialized SL3 up for sale for a mate which has the Rotor 3D rings on it. He thinks they make a slight difference, but not super significant. Some people have claimed huge differences, usually armchair experts and freds. This guy is an A1 putting in mega mileage and a couple of RAS's on them. He rides them, but would not feel substantially disadvantaged without (in other words they don't do that much either way). Shifting is fine.

I can tell you this, I had to ride this bike for 50k one night and I didn't realise the Rotors were on it, until I got off it.

Holyboy

I've worked on them but never ridden them, don't really see the point, it's just Bio pace all over again really!
Front mech can be a tiny bit annoying to set up but other than that they work fine I suppose.

Lumen

I read some reviews a while back and the general feeling I got was that it makes the easiest gear a little bit easier. That's a completely worthless advantage unless you're regularly running out of gears.

There was a lot of moaning about FD setup. I guess having variable sized rings is never going to make setup easier.

Disclaimer: I am both an armchair expert and a Fred.

fran83

Quigs Snr wrote: »

I am just putting a Specialized SL3 up for sale for a mate which has the Rotor 3D rings on it. He thinks they make a slight difference, but not super significant. Some people have claimed huge differences, usually armchair experts and freds. This guy is an A1 putting in mega mileage and a couple of RAS's on them. He rides them, but would not feel substantially disadvantaged without (in other words they don't do that much either way). Shifting is fine.

I can tell you this, I had to ride this bike for 50k one night and I didn't realise the Rotors were on it, until I got off it.

What size is that sl3??
Do you have any pics?
How's the wheel going for you?


I am going to save my money I was getting them with 40% off retail thats the only reason I was thinking of getting them. Not worth it from all the comments.

boege

Was on hols down in the alps this year and entered a hill climb (Morzine-Avoriaz) on Bastille day. Its a popular event and all the local 'elves' turn up on their spanking bikes. A good few of them were sporting these ovel rings - can't say what difference they made but they could sure climb on them.

I have a hunch that these rings are probably only going to come into their own if your riding tempo up a 10-20km alpine climb.

fran83

They would be no good for this country the longest climb in any race is only about 3 or 4 km.

Quigs Snr

fran83 wrote: »

What size is that sl3??
Do you have any pics?
How's the wheel going for you?


I am going to save my money I was getting them with 40% off retail thats the only reason I was thinking of getting them. Not worth it from all the comments.

The SL3 is your size, a 52cm, the owner is the same height as you. It is already in your club colours too! Sweet bike, rode it around today. I put it in this thread: Let me know if you need any info.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=74210945#post74210945

Didn't test out the Powertap just yet. Putting together the training bike this week so should have it ready in time for the weekend (depending on how quickly Wiggle deliver some spares I need for the training bike this week)

100Suns

I've used them for a few years. In a nutshell, the small ring makes no discernible difference on the flat or climbs. I find the big ring, on the flat, helps maintain that 'sweetspot' cadence close to or above threshold power. It's personal and subjective. When you're on the rivet, if you think it helps, it helps.

Ryaner

Sorry for dragging up an old thread but better than starting another.

I've got a set of q-rings on my bike now and I'm wondering how long it took for others cadence to properly stabilise? I've noticed when I get tired and at low cadence that things are a little choppy, mainly due to the noise. Have about 550km on them at this point.