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Old 03-07-15 | 09:24 PM
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gremlin75
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Originally Posted by Amesja
You would have to do the math. Standard sizes would be 113mm and then 115mm as the next size up. That would not be enough as you would be loosing 2.5mm without the spacer and only gaining back half of 2mm -or 1mm. You could jump to 118mm which should be just right, but your left crank would be out 5mm further than before.

Another idea would be to drop down to 110mm instead, and then flip your single ring to the outer side of the spider rather than leaving it in the middle position. This would leave you pretty close to your original position and look nicer than having the empty slot on the spider where the outside ring used to be, and the ugly spacers you are using to reuse the longer 2-ring bolts. There is no guarantee that that the old granny ring mounting tabs wouldn't rub against the chainstay tubes though. You would have to measure and be sure you have the clearance, but it should be OK as you used to have the granny on there plus the chainring bolt and you are only moving it over 3mm.
I'm using a raceface 30T chainring so the only place it can mount is where the middle chain ring used to be. Mounting it on the outside ring slot will put the chain right on the crank arm. I actually just threw it onto the spider and I'm using the long granny ring bolt without the spacer. The 30T ring has a built in spacer that way the chain doesn't rub on the spider and the holes are threaded. And now that I'm typing that out I realize that the built in spacer is going to push the chain ring another 1-2mm toward the frame (really need to replace the battery in my caliper so I can stop using the analog scale)......

Think I'll probably go with a 68x118. The extra 5mm on the non drive side won't effect the chain line and shouldn't effect my peddle stroke.
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