FSA DH Alloy CNC Chainring 3mm Review

FSA DH Alloy CNC Chainring 3mm Reviews

Review score: 8.9/10 – Updated September, 2024

Latest Price: £19.95 (RRP: £19.95)

Take a look now to discover what makes FSA DH Alloy CNC Chainring 3mm worthy of a review score of 8.9 out of 10.

FSA DH Alloy CNC Chainring 3mm Review


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FSA DH Alloy CNC Chainring 3mm features

FSA DH Alloy CNC Chainring 3mm specs

FSA DH Alloy CNC Chainring 3mm
Spec 1

Colour: Black

Other Chainrings found with this Spec: 6387

Spec 2

Size: 4-Bolt

Other Chainrings found with this Spec: 90

Spec 3

BoltCircle: 104mm

Other Chainrings found with this Spec: 51

Spec 4

Teeth: 34t, 36t, 38t, 40t, 42t

Other Chainrings found with this Spec: 1

Spec 5

Speed: 9/10/11 Speed

Other Chainrings found with this Spec: 131

Feature 1

Sizes – 104mm x 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 T

Other Chainrings found with this feature: 1

Feature 2

4 bolt, 104mm BCD

Other Chainrings found with this feature: 1

Feature 3

3mm thick

Other Chainrings found with this feature: 2

Feature 4

Black anodized with laser logos

Other Chainrings found with this feature: 1

Feature 5

Single chainring use for 8 or 9 speed systems

Other Chainrings found with this feature: 1

Price

£19.95

Number of Reviews

80

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 FSA DH Alloy CNC Chainring 3mm.

The first thing is material. Looking at what FSA DH Alloy CNC Chainring 3mm 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.


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 DH Alloy CNC Chainring 3mm

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of FSA DH Alloy CNC Chainring 3mm.

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 DH Alloy CNC Chainring 3mm was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £19.95 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.5 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 £19.95.

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 232 cost more than FSA DH Alloy CNC Chainring 3mm and 52 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, 110 were more expensive than FSA DH Alloy CNC Chainring 3mm and 54 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 DH Alloy CNC Chainring 3mm comes in below average.

15 products that meet this search were more expensive than FSA DH Alloy CNC Chainring 3mm and 11 were cheaper.


FSA DH Alloy CNC Chainring 3mm 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 DH Alloy CNC Chainring 3mm reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for FSA DH Alloy CNC Chainring 3mm, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.2 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 DH Alloy CNC Chainring 3mm or another similar product, like Blackspire Epic Downhill 6061 Series reviews or Blackspire Mono Veloce Single Speed 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.


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.


YouTube Video of FSA DH Alloy CNC Chainring 3mm

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for FSA DH Alloy CNC Chainring 3mm reviews.


Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of FSA DH Alloy CNC Chainring 3mm. 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 8.9/10 overall.


Further product details

  • Product ID 1: 25010948453
  • Product ID 2: 88098UK
  • Brand: FSA
  • Model number: 380-1038A
  • RRP: £19.95
  • EAN: 4712123803425
  • Description: FSA DH Alloy CNC Chainring 3mmFSA 4 bolt precision CNC machined, AL7075/T6 alloy, 3mm thick chainrings with recessed chainring bolts from either side.FSA DH Alloy CNC Chainring Features:Sizes – 104mm x 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 T4 bolt, 104mm BCD3mm thick Black anodized with laser logos Single chainring use for 8 or 9 speed systemsBuy FSA Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
  • Full Category: Components > Chainrings
  • Size: 4-Bolt
  • Unisex
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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 DH Alloy CNC Chainring 3mm included,
FSA MTB Stamped Chainring reviews, FSA Pro Road Double Chainring reviews, or we really liked the look of Renthal SR4 Ultralite Alloy Chainring reviews as another alternative.

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