Originally Posted by
HillRider
The ramps and other enhancements on your chainrings make shifting easier, not harder. They guide the chain onto the next chainring you select and all that "hyperglide stuff" is very helpful. Unless you are using a single chainring crank, you want them.
Correct. I should have stated "I will care about the
lack of ramps", as almost all after market rings I can find do not have them. It's just the shimano ones, and they come in very standard and limited sizes.
That being said, it seems to me like it would be easier to go to a 30/39/50 and replace the granny, since, if I'm understanding this correctly, that doesn't need any ramps.