I mentioned this in a different thread, but it seems like it deserves it’s own thread (and has been discussed here various places before, which is how I knew it might work).
My middle chain ring is now a 38t Raceface narrow wide (only took me four times assembling and disassembling it to get all the recessed and pin bits going the correct ways! Sardonic grin). I am not running a front derailer, so positioning the chain to match the narrow-wide is easy with manual shifting, and I only shift to the 24t when bikepacking singletrack. Initial test ride (ten miles on singletrack and dirt road, half up, half down, with a few steepish climbs to crank hard on, and lots of rough trail and washboarded fast descents. chain never bounced off (it did with my old rings on the rough stuff). We’ll see how it goes on this weeks bikepacking trip — mostly dirt roads likely won’t need my 24t. Thanks for opening me up to this possibility. The chain feels more solid than the old ring (but an exact replacement could also feel more solid being new). With abandon, Patrick www.MindYourHeadCoop.org www.OurHolyConception.org -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
