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I have an older 5 spoke MTB crank set with removable rings but my rings are not reversible. So beware. Back in the day, those were the only cranksets they had for MTBs. It does sound like your crankset is too outboard. What;s the clearance on the crank to chainstay when you back pedal and line the two up? What the crankset placed on a long spindle because of chainstay clearance issues? Is the gap the same on the other side? Sounds like you may want to try a narrower spindle. But we still don't know if the cage on the FD is for half-step gearing and this is an MTB style set of chainrings that was installed onto the same spindle without any thought about chainline. Or if the FD is set at the right position. Got a picture?