Originally Posted by
carlfreddy
Seriously.
Since I'm no Sven Nys I want to swap my 46t for a 44t, less shifting up front while still retaining a nice range of effective gears, but I can't find a 44t, 130BCD outer chainring anywhere. And I work at a bike shop.
For shame.
Get a compact crank. This is a CX application, and CX cranks are compact cranks. At least all of the that I've seen are.