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couldn't find a cheap 53t 110BCD narrow wide chainring
You won't find a 53 at any price, narrow-wide only works on even tooth counts ☺
Warhawk in the US do any size any PCD, pricing is not unreasonable considering they're made to order, but they are flagging up long lead times.
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You won't find a 53 at any price, narrow-wide only works on even tooth counts ☺
Silly mistake is silly... that would be why I couldn't find any :-)
Those Warhawk ones do look decent value, shame about the slow lead time as I have a colleague travelling to visit from the US soon and it would be convenient if they could guarantee a delivery time so he can bring it.
ewanmac
I'm having the same issue, sort of. I switched to 1x10 for TTing but couldn't find a cheap 53t 110BCD narrow wide chainring. I'm currently using a conventional stronglight TT chainring with ramps and pins etc. and have now dropped my chain in 2 out of the 10 races I've done on this setup (plus once in training).
I guess it's about whether you judge the risk of dropping the chain to be a worthwhile cost to whatever benefits you get from 1x.
I'm sticking with it for the time being but keeping a lookout for solutions (decent chain catcher/ Narrow wide chainring/ clutch deraileur) etc. but if it continues I may just switch back to a conventional 2x setup.