Your frame was made for 52/42 and before compact chainsets were commonplace, hence the gap.
No idea of how you would get around this without 53/39 and a dash of HTFU... :)
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Your frame was made for 52/42 and before compact chainsets were commonplace, hence the gap.
No idea of how you would get around this without 53/39 and a dash of HTFU... :)