• Narrower bb and chainring on outer position will be the nicest aesthetically and in terms of Q factor but you could also run the ring on the inside with or without a chainguard on the outer position.

    CRC have Octalink BBs as cheap as £13 if money is an issue, just not got the narrower ones in that cheap model.

  • you could also run the ring on the inside with or without a chainguard on the outer position

    If I was being sly, I'd claim that covered that under "some compromises".

    But I didn't, I forgot.

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