Road Bike Chainset Types

The chainset defines your bike s gearing.

Road bike chainset types. Chainsets need to be strong and able to withstand the motions and stresses cycling puts them through. Road bike cassettes will have smaller sprockets with a smaller jump between the teeth sizes when compared to mountain bike cassettes. Our mtb crankset selections include the ever popular shimano crankset models alongside raceface and fsa so you can choose the right model for your type of riding for roadies we have double chainsets compact versions for sportive riders and standard for racers and triple chainsets for those wanting a wider variety of gears. It is the name given to a group of components that rotate when you turn your pedals to drive the bike s chain and turn the rear wheel to propel the bike along.

Road and mtb racers will favour light weight above all else while more leisure orientated riders will perhaps look for long lasting chainrings and bearings well sealed from the elements. Shimano offers triple chainsets for its three cheaper road bike groupsets claris sora and tiagra. Most road bikes will come with 11 12 or 13 teeth on the smallest sprocket and then will have anywhere between 21 and 32 teeth on the largest sprocket. Chainset choice is determined not only by the type of bike you are riding bmx mtb and road chainsets are not interchangeable but also by the type of riding you prefer.

Sportive bike gearing tends to be lower than on road racing bikes. A triple chainset is one with three chainrings. Most modern road bikes feature a dual ring set up with a front mech being responsible for shifting duties. Rather than a race bike s 53 39 chainrings you ll usually find a 50 34 compact chainset and bigger sprockets at the back too.

In each case the chainrings are 50 39 and 30 tooth. A chainset is part of the drivetrain on a bike providing the power that moves the bike forwards. Every bike has a chainset. Shimano s ultegra 6800 chainset has the looks.

A classic road racing bike for example may use a 53t large chainring while a bike more aimed at leisure and sportive riding may use a 50t large chainring as part of a hill friendly compact chainset. The smaller 50 and 34 tooth chainrings helped open up road cycling to a much wider. There are special chainsets for single speed bikes as well. On the right is the drive side which is a crank arm attached to one or more chainrings.

Even though we tried to limit the axle types on test as much as possible. It connects via the chain or belt in some cases to the drive wheel of the bike. The chainset has two sides. Road bike cassettes for climbing.

Specialized diverge comp the 2017 version gets a sub compact chainset triple chainset.