Rotor Q-Ring Shimano Oval Aero Chainring Review

Rotor Q-Ring Shimano Oval Aero Chainring Reviews

Review score: 8.7/10 – Updated October, 2024

Latest Price: £37.49 – Save 31% (RRP: £54)

Take a look now to discover what makes Rotor Q-Ring Shimano Oval Aero Chainring worthy of a review score of 8.7 out of 10.

Rotor Q-Ring Shimano Oval Aero Chainring Review


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Rotor Q-Ring Shimano Oval Aero Chainring features

Rotor Q-Ring Shimano Oval Aero Chainring specs

Rotor Q-Ring Shimano Oval Aero Chainring
Spec 1

Colour: Black

Other Chainrings found with this Spec: 6387

Spec 2

BoltCircle: 110mm

Other Chainrings found with this Spec: 82

Spec 3

Teeth: 36t, 38t

Other Chainrings found with this Spec: 1

Spec 4

Speed: 9/10/11 Speed

Other Chainrings found with this Spec: 131

Feature 1

10% ovality, for greater power output and efficiency

Other Chainrings found with this feature: 1

Feature 2

Oval chainring eliminates the ‘dead spot’ and increases efficiency

Other Chainrings found with this feature: 1

Feature 3

100% CNC aluminium 7075 T6 with steel change pins

Other Chainrings found with this feature: 1

Feature 4

Compatible with 10 or 11 speed

Other Chainrings found with this feature: 1

Feature 5

Weight: 173g for 53/39 combination

Other Chainrings found with this feature: 1

Price

£37.49

Number of Reviews

13

Review Score

4.7 / 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 Rotor Q-Ring Shimano Oval Aero Chainring.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Rotor Q-Ring Shimano Oval Aero 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 Rotor 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 Rotor Q-Ring Shimano Oval Aero Chainring

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Rotor Q-Ring Shimano Oval Aero 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 Rotor Q-Ring Shimano Oval Aero Chainring was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £37.49 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.6 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 £37.49.

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 127 cost more than Rotor Q-Ring Shimano Oval Aero Chainring and 157 were cheaper.

Cost of Rotor products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 44 products from Rotor, of which 11 were in the Chainrings category.

For now though we’re looking at Rotor branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £153.26 making this product below average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Rotor product we found was £7.99 and the highest price we could find from them was £898.00.

Of the 44 from Rotor, 36 were more expensive than Rotor Q-Ring Shimano Oval Aero Chainring and 7 were cheaper.

How much are Rotor Chainrings?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Rotor products that are listed in the Chainrings category.

The average price of the 11 products that match this search was £79.26, with the cheapest coming in at £37.49 and highest price was £141.44. With the average being £79.26, Rotor Q-Ring Shimano Oval Aero Chainring comes in below average.

10 products that meet this search were more expensive than Rotor Q-Ring Shimano Oval Aero Chainring and 0 were cheaper.


Rotor Q-Ring Shimano Oval Aero 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 Rotor Q-Ring Shimano Oval Aero Chainring reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Rotor Q-Ring Shimano Oval Aero Chainring, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.1 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 Rotor Q-Ring Shimano Oval Aero Chainring or another similar product, like Blackspire Snaggletooth NarrowWide Chainring FCM985 reviews or Blackspire Snaggletooth NarrowWide Chainring XT8000 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 Rotor, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.


YouTube Video of Rotor Q-Ring Shimano Oval Aero Chainring

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Rotor Q-Ring Shimano Oval Aero Chainring reviews.


Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Rotor Q-Ring Shimano Oval Aero 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 8.7/10 overall.


Further product details

  • Product ID 1: 25010946541
  • Product ID 2: 510154UK
  • Brand: Rotor
  • Model number: C01-020-23010-0
  • RRP: £54
  • EAN: 8434366001357
  • Description: Rotor Q-Ring Shimano Oval Aero Chainring Rotor’s philosophy is to empower every cyclist to achieve his or her maximum potential. Q-Rings boost your performance by varying drivetrain resistance during pedaling, in line with your legs’ natural strengths and weaknesses. A Q-Ring gives a silky-smooth ‚Äúperfect spin‚Äù by smoothing out torque variations and making better use of your strongest muscles and the OCP (Optimum Chainring Position) allows you to pedal comfortably in all cycling positions: sitting, standing, climbing and sprinting. Scientific research has seen increased power output and time savings when using Q-Rings. What this means for you is that you will realise increased endurance, explosive sprints and see a newfound tenacity when climbing. Triathletes will notice reduced strain on the bike and a better run split performance. Features: 10% ovality, for greater power output and efficiency Oval chainring eliminates the ‘dead spot’ and increases efficiency 100% CNC aluminium 7075 T6 with steel change pins Compatible with 10 or 11 speed Weight: 173g for 53/39 combination Buy Rotor Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
  • Full Category: Components > Chainrings
  • Savings percentage from RRP: 31%
  • Size: 38t
  • Unisex
  • 16.51
  • 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 Rotor Q-Ring Shimano Oval Aero Chainring included,
DMR Blade Chainring reviews, Hope Spiderless Retainer Ring Boost reviews, or we really liked the look of Hope M8000-MT700 Retainer Ring reviews as another alternative.

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