Rune Rufus Stone - Singular Peregrine divergence build...and other bikes I own

Haven't managed to find the time to rebuild Peregrine yet as it's ended up taking over the winter 700c road/lanes bike role

So threw some new rubber on the old AWOL for this weekends 'gravel' ride, really need to decide what to do with this AWOL, it's been a road tourer, a commuter, and offroad tourer and now makeshift gravel bike, I keep meaning to 1x it but the current triple drive train is already well past the point it needs refreshing to so I'm just going to abuse it through the winter, grind it all to dust and replace the whirly bits in spring

Also decided I prefer the GB saddle on the Rune so had a little swap around

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These TA style cranksets on your Rune and Singular look real nice and are making me wonder if I should have something nicer than the HT2 cranks that are on my Spa Rove. There's not much in the way of a narrow wide chainring for 1x use though.

NW for TA 5-pin is not a thing that exists as far as I'm aware...BUT I do have a 110BCD spider that fits the TA/SunXCD cranks which I have used for 1x setups with normal rings.

There's plenty of nice cranksets for 110bcd rings though, the reason I use, and love, the TA setups is the freedom and ease of using unusual chainring pairings. And I'm got a big old stack of TA rings accumulated over the years.

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Mmmm, interesting. I do think the 6 arm ring is a big part of the look of the TA cranksets though.

I found this https://cyclesgrandbois.com/SHOP/TA_Ring_NW.html but that one website is the only record I can really find for it.

It might be a bit much effort for what amounts to an aesthetic upgrade but probably a functional side/downgrade.

Edit: a non n/w ring and a chainkeeper would likely yield the same result for much less effort and expenditure.

Oh good find! I wasn't aware they'd made any, might be worth an email to TA to see if they are still in production as easier to get direct from them if they are.

@launchpadboi has/used to have one of those 1x chainrings. Maybe they know where to get them?
https://www.lfgss.com/comments/16386697/

i ordered mine directly from grandbois. not sure if TA was ever distributing it elsewhere.

i had the intention to go smaller with my current project and was shocked to find out SunXCD had gone out of operation. couldn't source the spider anywhere anymore.

humble dibs on yours if you ever consider selling...

was shocked to find out SunXCD had gone out of operation

Yeah it's a shame, fortunately there's still plenty of TA cranks available on the second hand market if you're OK using the pro vis 5 rings.

humble dibs on yours if you ever consider selling...

I actually may have a spare one, give me a few days to excavate the relevant boxes from the loft and I'll let you know

I like their track chainrings too, gives a very clean look :-)

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take your time 😌

@launchpadboi it's your lucky day!

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Lush!

wicked! pm

https://www.lfgss.com/comments/17564940/

What do you think? Just the crankset being silver would stand out too much or silver's the proper colour for a crankset regardless?

Ring would need changed for a smaller one, I found the chainkeeper I thought I had so would just get a standard ring, not worried about the narrow wide.

I'm gonna be honest, as much as I love a 5-vis crank, I don't think it suits that build. You've got a whole different aesthetic (which I also like!) going on with the Spa and I think it's just too much of a juxtaposition.

Just my opinion though, others are available :-)

Now... a pair of black Middleburn RS7/8s on the other hand...or even a silver pair with a black spider and ring, that would look nice to my eyes!

Nah I know what you mean, the cranks are a bit skinny compared to the rest of it.

'Burns would be ideal but so spenny! Think I'm getting a back dated payrise next month though so...!

Edit: I reckon a set of small bcd 5 arm mtb cranks (in silver) would probably be a better fit.

Like the ones I had on my Raleigh Record Ace project.