Let me show you :) <http://lmgtfy.com/?q=wide+narrow+chainring&l=1>
It's a chainring where every other tooth is wide and every other tooth is narrow, fitting the wide and narrow gaps in your chain. The result is the chain fits more solidly on the chainring and is less likely to jump off. It's the common setup for a 1x drivetrain. By running a wide narrow ring you can avoid running a chainwatcher or a vestigial front derailer to keep the chain on. You can't run wide/narrow rings with multiple chainrings because if you shifted from one to the other and didn't hit the right kind of tooth, the chain would skate on the top, or fall off, or get a narrow gap wedged onto a wide tooth. On Friday, March 6, 2015 at 3:38:40 PM UTC-8, Joe Bernard wrote: > > What does 'wide-narrow' mean? > > On Friday, March 6, 2015 at 2:19:52 PM UTC-8, Mark Reimer wrote: >> >> Should be fine for both I'd think... >> >> And I wouldn't loose the double either, at least not on all bikes. But >> when a single is desired, this is a great option >> >> On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 4:18 PM, Shoji Takahashi <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> This is great! Is it for 10-sp chains? or will it be fine for 9-sp >>> chains? (Wolftooth, etc., all seem to-be designed for 10-sp chains.) >>> >>> I don't know if I'd give up my compact double VBC, though. >>> >>> shoji >>> >>> >>> On Friday, March 6, 2015 at 4:55:57 PM UTC-5, Philip Williamson wrote: >>>> >>>> I love that. I had good luck with a 1x White setup and no keeper, but I >>>> like the narrow/wide idea, too. >>>> >>>> Philip >>>> www.biketinker.com >>>> >>>> On Friday, March 6, 2015 at 12:30:01 PM UTC-8, Mark Reimer wrote: >>>>> >>>>> A while back there was talk about running single-chain ring setups >>>>> with White Industries cranks and how a wide-narrow ring would be >>>>> fantastic >>>>> in order to loose the chain keeper. >>>>> >>>>> Drum roll! >>>>> >>>>> They unveiled their own wide-narrow ring at NAHBS today: >>>>> >>>>> http://www.bikerumor.com/2015/03/06/nahbs-2015-white- >>>>> industries-cuts-narrow-wide-direct-mount-chainrings-new-6- >>>>> bolt-disc-brake-hubs/ >>>>> >>>>> Looks like it's only small rings at the moment, but will grow right up >>>>> to 48t. This make me so excited. I love White cranks and have wanted this >>>>> for ages. Perfect for all you single-ring folks out there! >>>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/dTCxmM5X-KY/unsubscribe >>> . >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
