Originally Posted by Retro Grouch
5,800 miles isn't very much wear for a chainring, but I suspect that you might be right. The tip off is that you have recently replaced the cassette and chain. If the teeth on your chainring look pointy or if you can lift the chain off of your middle ring with a lot of slack, it's time.
I agree. 5800 miles is nothing. I keep the chain cleaned and lubed religiously. As I said in the original post the metal on the Cr's seems soft. Maybe the new one will be better. Bontrager doesn't actually make the component. TruVativ makes these for Bontrager. from what I have learned it seems there was a bad batch of these. We'll see.
Thanks all for the feedback. Things are shifting perfectly now.