If the chainring bolts on your Red 22, Force 22, or Rival 22 crankset are starting to gall, spin in the nut, or show signs of the aluminum threads giving up, this is the SRAM factory replacement set. This is a set of SRAM aluminum chainring bolts for Red, Force, or Rival 22 cranksets with double chainrings and a hidden bolt configuration, where one of the five bolts aligns behind the drive side crankarm. The hidden bolt is what makes the SRAM 22 crank family look clean from the drive side, and it's also the piece that separates this set from a generic 5-bolt kit.

The kit includes one hidden-bolt chainring bolt, four standard SRAM chainring bolts, four nuts, and one spacer , which is exactly what you need to mount a pair of chainrings to one of these cranks. Aluminum construction keeps the weight down where SRAM's engineers wanted it, but it also means you need to be careful with torque — these aren't steel, and they don't want to be cranked on with a long-handled hex. A torque wrench set to SRAM's spec is the right tool here.

The set covers 2x 11-speed drivetrains , which lines up with the Red 22, Force 22, and Rival 22 mechanical era of cranksets. These bolts also work with the Red CX1 crank, though only the bolts and sleeves fit — the compatible hidden bolt including washers would have to be ordered separately for that application. If you're running a newer AXS crankset or a 1x setup with a direct-mount ring, this is not the set you want. It's specifically for the double-chainring 22 series with the hidden-bolt spider pattern.... Read More