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@dicki
heres the way to deal with it
the diametre of the ring is what gives it its " gear inch " thus you are not actually decreasing the diamtre you are just loosing a tooth
did you notice the chain going slack when you re attached it to the bike
did you remove a link ? ( hopefully not ) thus the diamtre on which the chain travels hasn't actually changed thus the gear inch hasn't changed.
if you do want a smaller gear inch get a chainring with 47 on and that'll sort you right out