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11-27-13 | 01:35 AM

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thook

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From: Winslow, AR

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Okay.....here's a close example of what I'm shooting for:

http://velospace.org/node/19207

Note the mtb FD is an XT (top pull, perhaps)....probably suited to a 46t top chainring, I would guess? And, he's using a 42t top ring. Probably a road crank, though, huh? I wonder since I'm using a triple mtb crank and my idea is to simply drop the outermost ring, use a 42t ring in the middle position, maybe I could use different spacers for the 26t granny ring to bring the spacing between the two rings closer to road spacing??? Would this be on the right track in regards to the C to C issue?

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