Originally Posted by
globecanvas
46/38 would be a somewhat typical cross setup on 130 bcd. 46/36 is more common but you can't do that. Personally I'd recommend putting a 42 or 40T race face narrow-wide chainring on there and going 1-by.
Sounds like it's more $$ than a $42 chain ring though and this will need to be pretty low budget.