Originally Posted by
fietsbob
so at this Point You have 2 choices
A) Buy 2 new chainrings for the 2 larger sizes , & a new chain
3rd inner looks like you didn't do a lot of Pass Hunting so is still OK.
Or B) a whole New Crankset and BB as the Shimano company went on to start another 'standard' that others had to emulate to get some Market Share..
Square Taper stuff , 110-74 seems to stay pretty Future Proof.
Any brands of chainrings I should avoid, or conversely, brands that will shift well with the existing small and large chainring? I'm thinking of replacing only the middle right now - $$
I replaced the 8 sp cluster and chain this winter - those were trashed. No surprise the middle chainring skips, but I though I would try it before replacing. The guy I bought the bike from really didn't do any maintenance, like replace the chain, hence the worn out chainring. Ugh.
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