I was thinking about getting ABSOLUTEBLACK oval chainrings. But have a stages L PowerPoint meter but heard an oval chainrings can make the readings inaccurate. Any thoughts

My only thought is that AbsoluteBlack as a company has a questionable reputation. Check out their treatment of Hambini on Youtube and their response to his claims their OS pulley wheel is a scam. I ordered some wax from them a couple years ago and literally waited months while they continued to sp…

[image] Do oval chainrings affect measured wattage on a trainer? Equipment I’m curious if the oval chainring on my mtb is lowering my power numbers. I have it on an elite suito. It could just be that I lost 50 watts, and maybe there’s other losses happening on my mountain…

[image] Oval Chainrings and power differences when using a trainer for power? Equipment Hey All, I just got a bike with a qring chainring setup on it which i’m planning on using on my tacx neo2 for my TR sessions. As i’m using the tacx as my power source, anyone know if t…

[image] Oval Chainrings.. Thoughts? Equipment Im curious about these… Who uses em? If so, thoughts? Benefits?

I use a oval ring on my MTB with a left-only 4iiii PM. 4iiii says that this may result in a 1-4% overestimation of power and I’ve seen similar things reported for other manufacturers. For me, using a L-only PM is already a pretty big compromise since I am right leg dominant by about 3% on average. …

I got an AbsoluteBlack oval chain ring on my road bike for unique situations: Bad knees Easy to find and get installed Wanted the lowest possible gear ratio for easy climbing up 1/4 mile or longer >8% gradient hills. As a newer road bike cyclist, the last reason - getting up long hills - has tran…

All HUGE RD pulleys are stupid and it should make you criticize their whole product line. If we were going to do that, we would look to their chain lube first and then the pulleys and then the centerlock lockrings. They’re fine chainrings. On average, your PM reading will be fine. On detail, they w…

[image] JSTootell: See the thread on that guy, I don’t think he deserves any defense. Check out the crappy quality of their overpriced hollowcage. Maybe Hambini’s form needs work but that is not a good quality component. As to chain rings, quality seems fine. My personal experience is they…

I’d like to not turn this into another Hambini thread. Keep to the AB oval chainrings in this topic, please.

Yes, i liked the look of the chainrings, it looks niceley engineered, saying that as an engineer myself, but the way they interacted with Hambini made me loose interest in them. There are enough other chainring manufacturers to choose from.

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mcneese.chad February 2, 2022, 1:31pm 5

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