Blackspire EPIC Chainring Reviews
Review score: 9.1/10 – Updated November, 2024
Latest Price: £19.99 – Save 33% (RRP: £29.99)
Take a look now to discover what makes Blackspire EPIC Chainring worthy of a review score of 9.1 out of 10.
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Blackspire EPIC Chainring features
Blackspire EPIC Chainring
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Spec 1
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Colour: Silver Other Chainrings found with this Spec: 764 |
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Spec 2
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Size: 5-Bolt, 4-Bolt Other Chainrings found with this Spec: 1 |
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Spec 3
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BoltCircle: 58mm, 64mm, 104mm, 94mm, 74mm, 110mm Other Chainrings found with this Spec: 1 |
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Spec 4
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Teeth: 22t, 34t, 32t, 24t, 46t, 42t, 44t Other Chainrings found with this Spec: 1 |
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Spec 5
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Speed: 6-8 Speed Other Chainrings found with this Spec: 1 |
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Feature 1
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CNC machined from high quality 6061 T-6 aluminium Other Chainrings found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 2
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Suitable for use with 6, 7 or 8 speed drivetrains Other Chainrings found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 3
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Anodised silver finish with laser etched graphics Other Chainrings found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 4
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Quality, no maintenance product Other Chainrings found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 5
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104mm BCD, 32t Other Chainrings found with this feature: 1 |
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Price
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£19.99 |
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Number of Reviews
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11 |
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Review Score
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4.4 / 5 Average score in category: 4.5/5 |
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Quality
Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Chainrings. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Blackspire EPIC Chainring.
The first thing is material. Looking at what Blackspire EPIC Chainring is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.
Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Chainrings. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.
There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Chainrings. Brands like Blackspire are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.
Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Chainrings category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.
Comparing Prices
Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Chainrings.
It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.
Price of Blackspire EPIC Chainring
So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Blackspire EPIC Chainring.
We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Blackspire EPIC Chainring was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £19.99 in our latest search.
Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.5 out of 10 for price.
Average price of Chainrings
Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Chainrings.
We found 285 in the Chainrings category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £41.55, making it below average at £19.99.
It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Chainrings. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £159.99, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £4.99.
With 285 products available we worked out that 226 cost more than Blackspire EPIC Chainring and 53 were cheaper.
Cost of Blackspire products
At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 35 products from Blackspire, of which 29 were in the Chainrings category.
For now though we’re looking at Blackspire branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £33.55 making this product below average.
You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Blackspire product we found was £8.99 and the highest price we could find from them was £67.99.
Of the 35 from Blackspire, 29 were more expensive than Blackspire EPIC Chainring and 5 were cheaper.
How much are Blackspire Chainrings?
We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Blackspire products that are listed in the Chainrings category.
The average price of the 29 products that match this search was £32.97, with the cheapest coming in at £12.99 and highest price was £51.99. With the average being £32.97, Blackspire EPIC Chainring comes in below average.
25 products that meet this search were more expensive than Blackspire EPIC Chainring and 3 were cheaper.
Blackspire EPIC Chainring Reviews
Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.
There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.
1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.
2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.
Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Blackspire EPIC Chainring reviews there.
Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Blackspire EPIC Chainring, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.7 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Chainrings category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.5 out of 5.
Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Blackspire EPIC Chainring or another similar product, like Blackspire Snaggletooth NarrowWide Cinch Chainring reviews or Blackspire Snaggletooth Narrow Wide Chainring SRAM reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Chainrings.
Brand
As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Chainrings. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Blackspire, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.
YouTube Video of Blackspire EPIC Chainring
Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Blackspire EPIC Chainring reviews.
Summary
Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Blackspire EPIC Chainring. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 9.1/10 overall.
Further product details
- Product ID 1: 25010946563
- Product ID 2: 515578UK
- Brand: Blackspire
- Model number: 595-2322
- RRP: £29.99
- EAN: 5060276562041
- Description: Blackspire EPIC ChainringThe EPIC chainring is a high quality, no maintenance MTB chainring from Blackspire. Cut from 0.125" CNC 6061 T-6 aluminium, the EPIC is suitable for use with 6, 7 or 8 speed drivetrains.Features: CNC machined from high quality 6061 T-6 aluminium Suitable for use with 6, 7 or 8 speed drivetrains Anodised silver finish with laser etched graphics Quality, no maintenance product 104mm BCD, 32t Buy Blackspire Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Full Category: Components > Chainrings
- Savings percentage from RRP: 33%
- Size: 4-Bolt
- Unisex
- 10
- Adult
Other options for Chainrings
As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Chainrings. 285 in fact.
A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Blackspire EPIC Chainring included,
Blackspire Snaggletooth XTR Narrow Wide Chainring reviews, Blackspire Snaggletooth Narrow Wide Chainring XX1 reviews, or we really liked the look of Blackspire Snaggletooth Narrow Wide Oval Chainring reviews as another alternative.