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I just replaced the chainrings on my trusty old Schwinn Supersport, which has an old Ultegra crankset with the standard 130 mm BCD. I wound up buying a set of Stronglight chainrings out of France. They are beautiful and light as can be. But I have a question...
Why does no one make steel chainrings? I ask that question at my local bike shop and they look at me like I'm daft. Like no one has ever even considered it. Well, for a guy my age (66) and for the riding I do, I am far more interested in durability than weight. I ran into this same thing on my Ducati Supersport many years ago when I switched from an aluminum rear sprocket to a steel one. Same reason - durability. And, well, quite frankly (and rather unsurprisingly), I simply could not tell the difference. Other than going from buying rear sprockets by the six pack every year to buying one every couple, three years. I would like to do that on my Schwinn Supersport as well. Am I outa my mind? Are they even available?
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Jeff
'72 911T 3.0 MFI
'93 Ducati 900 Super Sport
"God invented whiskey so the Irish wouldn't rule the world"
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