Originally Posted by
wearyourtruth
i had a set of sugino triple chainrings, and the outer ring broke a few teeth in an accident. i have a shimano SG chainring laying around of the same tooth count and BCD... can i just slap that on and keep riding? is it generally okay to mix chainring brands? or are the varying ramping teeth/pins/etc going to be all mixed up and make a mess of things?
It shouldn't be a problem. I have SR, Shimano, and Sugino chainirings on my Ultegra crank:
http://home.comcast.net/~jeff_wills/...-grr%20004.htm
I haven't had any huge issues with shifting.