Originally Posted by
southpawboston
neal, mounting the ring to the inside of the spider wouldn't even be noticed on a full chaincase setup, so that's a nice suggestion, and i could see that working on a crank with a very small BCD like the TA pro or stronglight 49. but for cranks with a larger BCD but similar low Q factor such as your stronglight shown above, would a pie plate with a rolled edge even fit between the spider and the crank arm?
I imagine the fit would be very close, if not impossible! However, I've seen pics of the TA pro vis 5 (also low Q) used with a chaincase though perhaps one with a larger opening than Veloria's. A completely different aesthetic would be to use an MTB crankset from the 80s as those had much higher Q and more spacing between arm and spider.
Neal