Originally Posted by
LessonLearned
So if I get a 144bcd crank, I'm going to need to also get a 144bcd 44T ring. They cost about $45, but since the All-City set includes a brand new 46T ring... I can sell that and recover the cost of the new 44T ring I'll have to buy.
Hell if I'm lucky, my LBS will trade me a new 44T 144bcd All City ring for my unused 46T. They stock All City parts and are cool guys. I don't see why they wouldn't help me out since I'll be buying the BB from them and paying them to install.
what you 'should' do is buy the all city crankset at the LBS and let them worry about whether or not it comes with chainring bolts. you make it sound like they owe you something, and if you're not a customer then they don't. if you go through with your plan all they owe you is the bb and install, i would maybe give you 70% trade in on the used ring(which could be bent in shipping for all you know) and then fell sad when you don't understand that is being very generous.
do you just not want to install your own BB? if that's the case, maybe bikeisland is not the best use of your money.
and Spoon, for alleycats you want acceleration. if you can't spin fast enough on city streets with 46/17 you've no place in racing a fixed gear; get a road bike. do you really feel like you top out all the time when you're on one of the many flat streets of atlanta? if it was a track that would be a different story, but you still need to be able to accelerate out of turns even in a flat city.