Re: [CR] Zeus rings.

Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2001 10:12:48 +0100
Subject: Re: [CR] Zeus rings.
From: "Hilary Stone" <Hilary.Stone@Tesco.net>
To: "renaissance-cycles" <info@renaissance-cycles.com>, "Moos, Jerry" <jmoos@urc.com>, "'Clive Rodell'" <cqt@intercoast.com.au>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

I wasn't aware that TA had a custom chainring programme though they do manufacture a wide range of rings to fit many cranks. However the Zeus BCD is very obscure. One person who can definitely make one is Chris Bell at Highpath Engineering in Wales. He has a reputation second to none here in the UK and his prices are quite reasonable. His website is at http://www.argonaut.co.uk/highpath His phone number is + 44 (0) 1570 470035 He can make a chainring to fit any chainset from 20T to 110T and has a huge database of crank BCDs. He is extremely particular about his work and the rings are made from an aluminium alloy that proved itself best in his own durability tests ­ he tested them for 1000s of hours on his own test rig.

Hilary Stone

Baron Corpuz wrote:
>
> I think ''TA'' will be able to provide chainwheels with the ''Zeus 120''
> circle!
> Here in Holland ''TA'' provide a custom chainwheel program! Most of the
> shops
> here will have a small chart with all the differnt bolt circles. Take your
> old chainwheel,
> stick it on the chart to find the correct bolt circle and have the store
> order it up for
> you from the TA agent! Price and waiting time, not sure??
>
> I would hope that who ever handles ''TA'' there in the States would have
> this program
> available?? But then again dealing with some of there French parts dealers
> can be a bit
> of a hassle!..............I'm still waiting on ''60'' sets of Stronglight
> cranksets, the six week
> wait has turned into ''14 WEEKS''! Anyway, I'll check with the ''TA'' agent
> and make
> sure that the ''Zeus 120'' bolt circle is available. Any interest, let me
> know.
>
>and Jerry Moos wrote:
>
>> I'll certainly be happy to hear it if they fit. I had given up on SR as a
>> Zeus replacement after I had to do so much filing on the
>> not-quite-the-right-size SR ring. I wonder if the guy who made the 151
>> replacement rings for the old Campy Record cranks (the ones Mike Kone was
>> selling) could be persuaded to make some 120 BCD Zeus replacements. I
>> wonder if there are enough potential buyers on CR to justify producing a a
>> batch of rings. I would certainly buy several 40T rings, for example.
>> Clive Rodell wrote :
>>
>> With regards to Jerry's comment :-
>> I'll check the actual ring size of the SR rings by fitting them, I have to
>> admit I only held them up to each other so could have been fooled (I'm
>> blonde).
>> Will get back to you all.
>> Regards Clive.