Originally Posted by
Bill Kapaun
24/36/46 is a bit of an odd bird-
That's right, it is unusual but I used to have a '93 Trek 7000 aluminum frame rigid/hardtail MTB that came with a Deore LX 110/74 BCD crank with that exact chainring combination.
It also had the oddest cup-and-cone bottom bracket since the spindle had been installed with the longer end toward the nds. I discovered this at the first overhaul and when I tried to correct this "mistake" the nds crank arm hit it's chainstay. I later installed a UN-7X cartridge bottom bracket and had to use a 127 mm spindle length to get the nds crank arm to clear the chainstay. Despite the longer ds extension, the bike still shifted decently.