Originally Posted by
RaleighSport
Dumb question Mr Oxley, does the large chainring aesthetically bother you? If not, just use it as is as the spider.
That was the plan I was originally considering... problem is the teeth grab my pants and such (casual biker). Grinding the teeth off seemed a good solution, but the quotes to do it are high enough to justify replacing the original assembly. Here's a pic from someone who did the teeth-grinding solution. It looks great and I have no problem with it if I can get it on the reasonably cheap:
