Originally Posted by
TejanoTrackie
^^^That is called a 3-piece crankset (right crank arm, bottom bracket, left crank arm) with a fixed non-removable chainring that is swaged to the crank arm. If you want to change the chainring size, you will need to buy a crankset that has a chainring that is bolted to the crank arm spider. You will also probably need a different bottom bracket with a spindle that matches the crank arms for a proper chainline.
Thank you for taking the time to answer. So definitely a full drivetrain overhaul if I want to make any changes then! Luckily it's a 48t chainring which works fine for what I'm doing. Just wondering what my options were. Thanks again!
I can only assume the general consensus on a bike like mine that cost me £80, would be to leave the crankset alone and live with it. If I want more options I should probably save for a bike that can give me that a bit easier, rather than putting the extra money towards my current bike? It just seems like to move to a more customisable chain ring and all of that, like you said.. new chain ring, crank arms, bb, etc.. that can get pretty costly. It would be one thing if I had an amazing connection to the current bike, but I've only had it a week and am just learning about this stuff.