Thank you very much for this, great to hear other peoples thoughts 😊

Thank you for letting me know - it’s great to have a longer term opinion 😊 Definitely think it helps to reduce fatigue 😊

I have noticed different people find different results. This is the difference I have noticed 😊 hopefully useful but I’m not saying everyone will feel exactly what I have

It does put less strain on the knees. I can promise this I am 270 lbs and 65 years old with really bad knees. I really feel the benefit. I also feel i get better traction when riding in the winter on climbs. The mistake I see people make is jumping up to many teeth. I have played with several combos I find that whatever round ring you ride stay the same tooth count or up two at the most. I settled on a 32 oval and really like it. i am running a 1x11

Hello, yes - it effectively increases the gearing when your legs are at their strongest and decreases the gearing when your legs are at their weakest. I hope this helps

@@JakeBrookesBiking hey dude I just installed it on my Santa Cruz nomad 5....it feels exactly like a round ring, my mechanic says it's the rear suspension linkage equaling out that pulsing feeling , amazing 😍

@@rinky_dinky Brilliant. I’m glad you like it! Please let me know how you get on in the long run 😊

@@JakeBrookesBiking finally took it out for a proper ride on the santacruz nomad , it felt very positive riding on the flats , like a stronger more efficient feeling ? i can't really describe it, but very good feeling. i can feel a very little "ease up " of the pedal pressure on every revolution , especially on gears 2/12 and 3/12. On the trails there are 3 climbs i very often fail, this time round i cleared 2/3 of them, the last one being a steeper techinical rock climb my legs were just not strong enough , but i am very very happy to say i did not have any spin outs on that ride, i will say that's money well spent !

@@rinky_dinky Thank you very much for this! It’s great to know you and enjoying riding with the oval. It is a different feeling and a little strange at first but it easy to get used to 😊 I’m glad it is helping you on those technical climbs. Money well spent indeed 😊

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I’m glad it helped 😊 Thank you for the feedback. Really appreciated 😊

😊 Thank you very much! I hope you found it useful. I think the theory and research has come on a little since the older ovals. From my understanding the biggest change has been the timing of the oval / orientation. But I may be wrong.

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yes Sir I am dreaming to have a new bike I am saving money to by parts little by little. :)@@JakeBrookesBiking

Thank you very much. Hopefully I covered everything 😊

Hello, thank you very much for sharing this. It’s great to hear other peoples experiences with using an oval. Have you found one to fit your race face cranks yet? Interested to see if it works with your chain guide, I fear it may catch.

@@JakeBrookesBiking BTW I also used to ride clips.. as in straps.. Got good at popping my feet out even to be able to OTB on a field on purpose (too old 4 that now). Using the different muscles lifting the back pedal on the same oval sprocket bike was neat on climbs.

Hello, thank you for your comment 😊 (so sorry about the slow reply) For me I found the oval created a pulsing sensation and a more on/off power feeing. Which isn’t good for traction. The difference between the flat spots on my pedal stroke and the power feels bigger due to how the oval works. However it seems some riders agree with this and some don’t. The one thing I do think though is the oval increases pedal efficiency which in turn will mean a rider is using less energy and therefore they have more energy to use on the ups and technical sections. I was a little surprised with the knee thing and yes I do seem to be amongst the minority. I may try one again in the future but at the moment I’m happy on a round chainring 😊

Hello, thank you very much, I really appreciate the feedback. Some people seem to find it helps their knees, but for me it didn’t. No I did not change the chain length or anything for that matter, I only changed the chainring 😊

Some people seem to notice and difference and some people don’t. It seems to be slightly different for everyone 😊

Hello 👋 Thank you for your comment, I’m certainly not going to call you a muppet 😊 Results do seem to differ from rider to rider. However most people do not have lab conditions and do not track their rides to the point where they can see any scientific evidence for either an improvement in performance or not. So I think this may be why most people refer to “feeling”. Just like I have in this video and like you have mentioned above. I don’t think there is a significant difference with an oval. Otherwise everyone would be using them and they would be standard on new bikes. Maybe in the future this will change. However at the moment, I still prefer a round chainring 😊

Thanks mate 😊 happy to help

I didn’t notice any different on clutch wear at all or any performance change from the mech. I hope this helps.

There isn’t really a right and wrong to this, so I don’t really want to tell you which size to get... I used the same size oval as a standard round chainring but I think I maybe could have got away with one size bigger when using an oval as I found myself in a higher gear all the time. A slightly larger chainring would have dropped me in the same gear in certain situations as I would have been when using a round chainring. A lot of people use one size bigger when using an oval. If you decide to go one size bigger, make sure your frame has space to do this to avoid causing any damage 😊 I hope this helps 😊

I tell most stay with the same count it will work great. You can get away with a 34 oval and it will feel about the same as 32 round. A 32 oval will actually feel a bit easier to pedal than the 32 round.

Thank you Daniel😊