Originally Posted by
HillRider
Modern double and triple cranks have shaped, pinned and otherwise "enhanced" chainrings to make shifting faster and easier. These are not what you want in a single chainring. See if you can find an older "flat" chainring in the bolt circle and tooth count you want. Otherwise it would be a good idea to add a "chainwatcher" to the inside of the single chainring or use a locked in place front derailleur as a quide.
Thanks for this heads-up as this is the type of stuff I want to avoid, so my change may not be as simple as I'd hoped.
Surreal, it's primarily just experimentation to determine a final configuration for my "ultimate" bike. I know that's probably a pipe-dream but I'm trying to avoid N+1 and looking for relatively economical changes I can make to my existing one.