So, how does one go about cutting down the teeth on a chainring? I practically never use my large chainring; on another bike I replaced it with a chainguard, but would be happy with another option!
Thanks in advance, Liz Washington, DC On Saturday, June 29, 2019 at 1:01:44 PM UTC-4, Dave Johnston wrote: > > For what Roman did you would need shorter "track" style chain ring bolts. > I googled $22 for Sugino at Ben's or $8 shipped for generic on ebay. > You might have to experiment with F derailleurs for optimal placement. > Maybe a shorter cage double road derailleur or an old Micro Drive front > would work better. Many mountain or road Triple derailleurs will hit the > chain stay if you lower them, see how high the derailleur is in the pic > below, and the tail just clears the stay. > > Be warned: An indexed front shifter will probably not work well when > changing rings. > > I prefer cutting down an outer ring to act as a guard, but that gives you > a large ring "look". > > [image: Willow Guard.jpg] > > > On Saturday, June 29, 2019 at 12:43:01 PM UTC-4, Johnny Alien wrote: >> >> Yes I agree that is the simplest method! The main reason I would remove >> it is because I don't use it and prefer the look of a crankset with small >> rings. It's a visual thing for me. >> >> On Saturday, June 29, 2019 at 12:38:19 PM UTC-4, Deacon Patrick wrote: >>> >>> It's even simpler: don't ride the outer ring, consider it a rockguard >>> with teeth, and a "holy smokes this is a wonderful 10 mile gentle descent >>> with a tailwind that never happens" gear. Grin. But yes, nothing fancy. My >>> QB has a single front chainring on its stock triple, leaving the two inside >>> slots open, and it rides beautifully despite the chainline being "wrong". >>> Quiet and smooth as a mouse. If I ever decide to add a ring, I likely have >>> some thread cleaning to do, otherwise no biggie. Purists may say you need >>> to do xz,y, or z. Only if you're a purist. I'm not. I'm a dirtist. Grin. >>> >>> With abandon, >>> Patrick >>> >> -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ca2d5247-e131-4263-81ce-07307470c8f5%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
