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New crankset!! Hollow tech for the win! £59.99 for FSA Gossamer AND bottom bracket on Planet X, including a 50T outer ring which is what I wanted for the brompton. I know FSA Gossamer doesn't have the best reputation but it was cheap, available, I gave it a chance, and so far I'm happy, good finish/machining... I hope it's OK mechanically.
I was hoping to have the 50T ring on the inner position and have a bigger diameter ring on the outer position , with teeth cut off as a chain guard... but alignment says no. Outer 50T ring in outer position is bang-on inline! Very please with that... I don't care about chain guard after all, none of my bike have any so I'll cope... Sadly I could not go for a test ride, the spare chain I had in stock in my shed was a 9 speed one and didn't fit the SA sprocket (with is new as well). I'm so happy as I've been struggling with the old drive train from 1992 for a while.
I'll post a picture of my worn off existing chainset and pointy teeth, you'll see why I'm so happy about this. Chain kept slipping and dropping, I arrived everywhere with greasy dirty hands!
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