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Bike Perfect
Lifestyle
Graham Cottingham

Is Rotor's Kapic crankset and oval Q Ring setup pedaling perfection, or did it leave me riding all out of shape?

Rotor Kapic crankset fitted to an orange bike.

Rotor are best known for being one of the main proponents of the oval chainring. In the ongoing pursuit to eliminate pedal dead spots, the brand has naturally expanded to offer a range of cranksets to mount these chainrings too.

The Kapic is an alloy MTB crankset that is light enough to use on an XC/trail bike but strong enough to handle enduro riding. It's only fitting that for testing I paired the Kapic crank with one of Rotor’s oval Q Rings. I have had previous positive experiences with oval rings so I was excited to give Rotor's Q Ring a try.   

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