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Old 03-16-23 | 09:32 PM
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Russ Roth
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Bikes: 2010 Carrera Volans, 2015 C-Dale Trail 2sl, 2017 Raleigh Rush Hour, 2017 Blue Proseccio, 1992 Giant Perigee, 80s Gitane Rallye Tandem

The front is actually the easy part of this to accomplish. You can use a 2 piece crank designed for a direct mount chainring, you'd just need to create a spacer that would interface with the crank arm's spline on one side and the chainring's spline on the other. Using a 73mm crank in a 68mm bike would let you space the chainring 2.5mm away from the crankarm, with the normal gap between the ring and crank there should be more than enough room for a cover to hide it all. The bigger issue is that the rear cog sits inboard of the frame and to cover it inside a frame design would require having the axle nut and cog in each other's location and that's the hurdle I see difficult to overcome.
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