FSA Afterburner 386 MTB Chainring Reviews

Review score: 8.5/10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £14.99 – Save 50% (RRP: £29.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes FSA Afterburner 386 MTB Chainring worthy of a review score of 8.5 out of 10.

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• Features
• Quality
• Price
• Reviews
• Brand – FSA
• Videos
• Summary
• Alternatives

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FSA Afterburner 386 MTB Chainring 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 Chainrings. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of FSA Afterburner 386 MTB Chainring.

The first thing is material. Looking at what FSA Afterburner 386 MTB 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 FSA 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.

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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 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 FSA Afterburner 386 MTB Chainring

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of FSA Afterburner 386 MTB 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 FSA Afterburner 386 MTB Chainring was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £14.99 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.7 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 £14.99.

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 247 cost more than FSA Afterburner 386 MTB Chainring and 30 were cheaper.

Cost of FSA products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 165 products from FSA, of which 27 were in the Chainrings category.

For now though we’re looking at FSA branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £73.21 making this product below average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest FSA product we found was £0.79 and the highest price we could find from them was £689.99.

Of the 165 from FSA, 122 were more expensive than FSA Afterburner 386 MTB Chainring and 41 were cheaper.

How much are FSA Chainrings?

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

The average price of the 27 products that match this search was £31.36, with the cheapest coming in at £5.95 and highest price was £89.95. With the average being £31.36, FSA Afterburner 386 MTB Chainring comes in below average.

19 products that meet this search were more expensive than FSA Afterburner 386 MTB Chainring and 7 were cheaper.

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FSA Afterburner 386 MTB 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 FSA Afterburner 386 MTB Chainring reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for FSA Afterburner 386 MTB Chainring, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.8 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 FSA Afterburner 386 MTB Chainring or another similar product, like Rotor QX1 Narrow Wide Oval Chainring reviews or BLACK by Absoluteblack Narrow Wide Single Chainring 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.

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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 Chainrings. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with FSA, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of FSA Afterburner 386 MTB Chainring

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for FSA Afterburner 386 MTB Chainring reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of FSA Afterburner 386 MTB 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 8.5/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 27198137955
• Product ID 2: 466203UK
• Brand: FSA
• Model number: 380-0527G
• RRP: £29.99
• EAN: 4712010052806
• Description: FSA Afterburner 386 MTB ChainringShifting performance has helped Full Speed Ahead to become a world leader for high-end chainrings. No one studies the design and manufacturing of each system, and each tooth, as carefully as we do.Our dedication shows in every revolution of the crank, and every perfect shift achieved. To meet or exceed the needs of any drivetrain, Full Speed Ahead has developed sophisticated design, testing and manufacturing protocols. This allows Full Speed Ahead to match your needs as perfectly as our chainrings match a chain. We offer more options, levels, and finishes than our competitors. We use the best materials available, imported from the USA, or Europe, or sourced from our qualified vendors in Asia, to guarantee the durability, performance, and appearance will out perform, and outlast the competition. Full Speed Ahead chainrings have powered multiple World, Tour de France, and Olympic champions, and will exceed your expectations.Features: Material: Precision CNC machined AL7075/T6 Chainring Type: Stamped Crank model: Afterburner BCD: 86mmBuy¬†FSA Components¬†from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Components > Chainrings
• Savings percentage from RRP: 50%
• Size: 27t
• Unisex
• 15
• Adult

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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 FSA Afterburner 386 MTB Chainring included,
BLACK by Absoluteblack Narrow Wide Oval MTB Single Chainring reviews, Hope Spiderless Retainer Ring reviews, or we really liked the look of Rotor NoQ Round Aero Road Chainring reviews as another alternative.