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My chainline is out by 2.5mm. OK, so it's maybe not the end of the world, but it was playing on my mind. I decided to do something about the misalignment and spent Saturday night looking for a set of 2mm spacers on eBay. I'm such a party animal...
The spacers turned up this morning. Not that I was watching for them or anything, but I practically caught the packet before it hit the doormat. :-) Just so you know what I'm talking about, my chainring is on the inside of the spider. In theory, the spacers should move the ring closer to the frame and give me a nice straight chain. In practice, the spacers move the ring so far that it no longer rests on the little ledges of the spider. I hope that makes sense - the ring is sitting proud of the spider. Now I'm thinking that this isn't a good thing. This sort of arrangement would surely be subjecting the stack bolts to stress that they're not designed to take.
So chaps and chapettes, what do I do? 1mm spacers? New bottom bracket? Ride it as it is? Order a Langster? :-) I dunno. My head hurts. Advice gratefully received.