Originally Posted by
elTwitcho
Yeah the cranks and chainring should work and it's pretty common for the inner ring to give you about a 41mm chainline on most road bikes, so you may not even need a new bottom bracket either. If not, you'd only really *need* a new bottom bracket and you could run that chainring/crank combo just fine.
Thanks. Bit confused, though. So I can keep the inner ring and crank, and there's a chance the bottom bracket can stay. How will I know if the bottom bracket will work with the outer ring taken out?