SRAM Red BB30 Compact 11 Speed Road Chainset Reviews

Review score: 9.0/10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £229.99 – Save 42% (RRP: £396)

Take a look now to discover what makes SRAM Red BB30 Compact 11 Speed Road Chainset worthy of a review score of 9.0 out of 10.

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SRAM Red BB30 Compact 11 Speed Road Chainset features

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 Cranksets. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of SRAM Red BB30 Compact 11 Speed Road Chainset.

The first thing is material. Looking at what SRAM Red BB30 Compact 11 Speed Road Chainset 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 Cranksets. 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 Cranksets. Brands like SRAM 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 Cranksets 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.

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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 Cranksets.

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 SRAM Red BB30 Compact 11 Speed Road Chainset

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of SRAM Red BB30 Compact 11 Speed Road Chainset.

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 SRAM Red BB30 Compact 11 Speed Road Chainset was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £229.99 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.2 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Cranksets

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Cranksets.

We found 182 in the Cranksets category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £192.65, making it above average at £229.99.

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 Cranksets. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £999.99, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £0.79.

With 182 products available we worked out that 52 cost more than SRAM Red BB30 Compact 11 Speed Road Chainset and 129 were cheaper.

Cost of SRAM products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 302 products from SRAM, of which 30 were in the Cranksets category.

For now though we’re looking at SRAM branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £186.89 making this product above average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest SRAM product we found was £2.99 and the highest price we could find from them was £2300.00.

Of the 302 from SRAM, 63 were more expensive than SRAM Red BB30 Compact 11 Speed Road Chainset and 238 were cheaper.

How much are SRAM Cranksets?

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

The average price of the 30 products that match this search was £246.34, with the cheapest coming in at £43.99 and highest price was £550.00. With the average being £246.34, SRAM Red BB30 Compact 11 Speed Road Chainset comes in below average.

14 products that meet this search were more expensive than SRAM Red BB30 Compact 11 Speed Road Chainset and 15 were cheaper.

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SRAM Red BB30 Compact 11 Speed Road Chainset 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 SRAM Red BB30 Compact 11 Speed Road Chainset reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for SRAM Red BB30 Compact 11 Speed Road Chainset, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.5 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Cranksets category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.3 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 SRAM Red BB30 Compact 11 Speed Road Chainset or another similar product, like SRAM X01 Eagle 12sp MTB Chainset reviews or SRAM EX1 MTB E-Crank 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 Cranksets.

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Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Cranksets. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with SRAM, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of SRAM Red BB30 Compact 11 Speed Road Chainset

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for SRAM Red BB30 Compact 11 Speed Road Chainset reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of SRAM Red BB30 Compact 11 Speed Road Chainset. 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 9.0/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 25010949119
• Product ID 2: 571215UK
• Brand: SRAM
• Model number: 00.6118.388.002
• RRP: £396
• EAN: 710845779138
• Description: SRAM Red BB30 Compact 11 Speed Road Chainset The SRAM Red 386 EVO Compact Road chainset features a completely hollow construction all the way to the spider. Its hidden bolt pattern makes better use of carbon fibre to further improve stiffness and shed weight. It’s also equipped with X-GlideR chainrings, which provide seamless, flawless performance and compatibility with SRAM’s Yaw front derailleur.This version of the SRAM Red chainset uses the 386 EVO bottom bracket system for efficient and flex free power transfer. It is also equipped with a compact Road 50/34T chainring setup, making it ideal for training on, club rides and sportives.Already a legend in its time, the SRAM Red chainset now features refreshed graphics to complement the new SRAM Red eTap componentry.Features: Arm Material: Carbon Chainring Material: Machined Alloy Compatibility: SRAM Red¬†& SRAM Force Yaw front derailleur, SRAM Red¬†22 & PC1170 chains Finish: Carbon BCD: 110mm Tooth count: 50/34T SRAM Road 11-speed compatible Designed for 386 EVO bottom brackets Exogram technology uses a large, hollow cross section all the way to the spider, minimising weight while maximising stiffness SRAM’s stiffest crank ever Hidden bolt pattern leverages the characteristics of Carbon Fibre while presenting a sleek appearance Stiffer X-GlideR chainrings feature thicker construction and advanced shift timing pins and ramps, which are optimised for shifting with the Yaw front derailleur Weight: 557g Technologies: Exogram: The new Hollow Carbon Construction starts in the crank arm and extends into the cranks’ spider. It maximises the stiffness to weight ratio. X-GlideR Chainrings: The chainrings are designed for an optimised shifting performance with the Yaw front derailleur. The stiffer rings (5mm 7075-T6 aluminium CNC-machined) feature upshift rivets with an advanced design adopted from SRAM XX. CNC machining allows for precision control of each tooth shape, ramp, and nearly every shifting feature of the chainring. The chainrings, chain, and front derailleur are designed as a single integrated system for optimised performance.Buy¬†SRAM Components¬†from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Components > Cranksets
• Savings percentage from RRP: 42%
• Size: 50.34t
• Unisex
• 166.01
• Adult

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Other options for Cranksets

As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Cranksets. 182 in fact.

A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching SRAM Red BB30 Compact 11 Speed Road Chainset included,
SRAM Apex 1 GXP Road Single Chainset reviews, Campagnolo H11 Ultra Torque 11Speed Double Chainset reviews, or we really liked the look of Campagnolo Potenza HO Ultra Torque 11Speed Chainset reviews as another alternative.