Originally Posted by
3alarmer
...I forget when chainrings suddenly got expensive. It was probably when they started pimping them out with drillium and anodizing. They really are not that difficult to manufacture, and I can recall having a collection of them in a bucket at various times. Reminds me I need to find that bucket.
I won't say that they are fairly priced, but if you've ever held a Shimano hollowtech chainring in your hand, you can see it's not a simple piece.