The sole purpose of the narrow wide chainring is chain retention.
Chain guide 3 ring.
Often to the point where many riders no longer feel the need to run a front chain guide.
Bolt circle diameter bcd is the diameter of an imaginary circle running through the center of the chainring mounting holes.
The narrow wide chainring now mates seamlessly with the chain almost locking the chain to the ring without much increase in drag.
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Ditching a triple ring setup and investing in a staggered chain ring is a great way to breathe new life into an aging drivetrain.
Choose a chain guide.
What does the narrow wide tooth pattern do.
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Put simply the teeth are correspondingly thick then thin resulting in a profile which grips to the chain and aids chain retention.
As mentioned above some set ups may not.
Clutch type rear derailleurs like this xtr shadow plus help keep the chain from coming off the bottom of the chain ring bikeradar.
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