If silver is a priority a basic (not narrow wide) non-pinned and ramped ring will likely work just fine. If you end up dropping chains frequently adding a chainkeeper would help keep it on.
Clayton Scott HBG, CA On Wednesday, January 1, 2020 at 5:54:56 AM UTC-8, tc wrote: > > I'm contemplating a 1x8/9 setup, and cannot seem to find a narrow-wide > chain ring that meets all of these criteria: > > - 36+ teeth > - 5-bolt 110 bcd (not deal breaker, but nice to reuse existing arms) > - Fits non-direct mount, square taper JIS crank arms, like the Silver > or Sugino brand cranks many of of us have already > - 8/9/10 spd chain compatibility > - Silver color (anodized or polished) > - Good quality > > Hopefully some of you have searched for something like this before and > found it. > > Sugino doesn't seem to make narrow-wide rings, or at least Google > Translator and their pictures lead you to believe that. > > Raceface & Wolftooth don't make this in silver. As an aside: Wolftooth > recommends using a 10spd chain in 1x9 setups so the (slightly tighter) > chain holds their ring better. > > VO doesn't seems to offer a narrow-wide ring. > > Hope doesn't offer this in silver. > > I love White Ind. cranks and rings, but they're direct-mount arms. > > Some company could fill a niche here, I'm thinking... > > I have a Sugino XD3BX-701D > <https://www.suginoltd.co.jp/us/products/touring/xd.html> 46/36 on order, > which I may end up using for a 2x setup instead, but wanted to see if any > of you have found a 1x crank and narrow-wide ring per above. > > Thanks for your thoughts, and Happy New Year! > Tom > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/68b624f8-ed6e-4763-a1ea-1feeacbcffff%40googlegroups.com.
