Bash guard AND outer chainring?

Posted on Wed 16th, November 2011

• #1

getoutofnj

I need to run a funny gear combo on my polo bike, 38 and 46, and although there are road doubles that I can do that on, I also need a bash guard. Does anyone run a road double with a bashguard on the outside of the big ring? With super-long chainring bolts and washers maybe? Is that even possible?

Alternately, are there triples that I could get 38 and 46 and a guard on?

FYI- This is so I can have a 38/25 (38 GI) ratio for polo and a 46/16 (71.5 GI) for the road. That's the same length chain for both, flip/flop.
• #2

M_A_X

One thing i have seen another player do:

Run 2 chainrings that are quite close in teeth (you'll have to do some experimenting) run the smaller chainring on the outside, so when in polo mode, the chain itself acts as a guard against the bigger exposed ring.

Could always do that and chuck a bashguard on as well, to protect your chainset. I'd deffo go down the triple chainset route.
• #3

hippy

http://leagueofbikepolo.com/forum/gear/drivetrain/2011/04/04/double-chainrings-and-bashguard

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