For me KCNC are a company that makes lightweight, durable (who cares if it's light if you can't finish a race) and very affordable components. The part that I have been most impressed with has been their seatposts. For 2007 and 2008 I raced off-road on the Ti Pro Lite which weighs just 150 grams. It has been a set and forget component for me and I really can't praise it enough!
I have not setup the new parts yet but from the onset, for 2009, the road 11-23 cassette really stands out - at just 114 grams it drops more than 100 grams from the cassette I used for road races last year. Come October 2009 I'll update with how it lasted a season's racing.
Anyway, here are pictures (on scales of course) of a selection of the bits that arrived.
KCNC Ti Pro Lite Seatpost - 150 grams
KCNC 110mm Stem 106 grams
KCNC 11-23 10 speed cassette 114 grams
KCNC Bar Ends 52 grams
KCNC Road Brake Callipers 161 grams
KCNC Road Skewers 45 grams
KCNC 100mm Stem 100 grams
KCNC MTB Skewers 45 grams
KCNC SC Bone Flatbar 117 gramsMel and I will of course update our blogs as more shiny bits arrive - I love this time of year :)
2 comments:
You won't be disappointed with the cassette. I have a 9 speed 11-23 block on the winter road bike and it still works perfect after 1 year of rain and grimey spins.
Cool - the cassette is just scary light in your hands.
I had thought about the MTB cassette too. At the moment, they only had 11-32s, I might revisit them once better stock comes in.
I don't have them on the scales, but the chains are nice too - rebranded KMC chains I think. Finally, I'll have a 10speed chain with a good quick link.
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