Old 07-26-21 | 09:43 AM
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Bikes: Trek 730 (quad), 720 & 830, Bike Friday NWT, Brompton M36R & M6R, Dahon HAT060 & HT060, ...

When the number of teeth is not a whole multiple of the number of arms, you can rotate the rings to get a good match for the climbing of a chain. I cannot remember a case where I would not make a ring and derailleur combination work. On my Brompton I currently have 50-34-20. Before I had 50-32-20 and earlier 50-34-24. On the full-size bike I have 4 chainrings and again I experimented with a multitude of combinations. You could make all of them work.
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