Originally Posted by
echo victor
I'm thinking about getting a
Shimano FC-A050 and removing the 39T ring, but I haven't been able to confirm whether the rings are riveted.
Nice find, but it looks riveted. See the
one without the chainguard. If you click on that photo to enlarge it, you get a much clearer image than the one shown at Amazon. Could they be drilled out without causing a problem? It looks like that way to me.
My concern with that crank is that the chainguard is plastic. Why not spend a little more on a higher-quality crankset and buy an *aluminum* bash guard?
This guy sells quite a few different sizes (BCD) of bashguards on eBay.
And, on that page I see a
Lasco 170x52t single-ring with aluminum bashguard for $40. I don't know anything about the quality.
I'm curious what others recommend because I want to replace my Dahon Boardwalk crankset.