If you intend to bash your big ring, make sure you adjust your front derailleur so that it can't shift your chain on a partly destroyed big ring.Originally posted by stosh
Hrmmmm well why not just keep the big ring on and use that as a bash guard and just replace it......when-ever...
Hrmmm I seem to catch a lot or rock and logs with my big ring, maybe a smaller one might be a better idea. I'm just waiting for the day it catches and I go over the handle bars.
Originally posted by FlipSide
If you intend to bash your big ring, make sure you adjust your front derailleur so that it can't shift your chain on a partly destroyed big ring.
I personally think that buying a cheap bashguard like a BlackSpire is a better option than thrashing a big ring. I foresee a mangled chain if you bash you big chainring anyway...
YES!!Originally posted by stosh
bashguards on their XC bike?
I have never used the big ring during a race??? I just spin out during fast sections to let my legs recover, lets me work harder on the climbs.Originally posted by NRSracer
if you plan on racing leave it on.
Originally posted by -BB-
YES!!
But I don't give up the third ring either!!
Blackspire makes a guide that lets you run 3 rings, as does MontaraDesigns (Montara is a too)
http://www.montaramtb.com/
Yeah, I've been working on that...Originally posted by BikeGeek
I almost replaced my big ring with a bash guard two years ago. I rarely use the big ring, but there are times when it's too much fun to pop it in gear and then just mash the pedals to go as fast as I can. For those times, I didn't want to give it up.
If your technique for crossing bigger logs and rocks is to just power over it, you're going to hit your ring. With some practice, it is possible to cross that stuff without hitting. I regularly cross logs up to 2 feet in diameter without scraping the ring. You have to learn to lunge your bike up and then push your ass back which in turn pushes your bike forward and nose down. It's kind of abrupt at first, but gets smoother with practice.
Originally posted by Deyv
I don't understand how hitting a log would damage your big ring, I use my big ring to clear logs that are too big to hop and my big ring damage the log and not the opposite.
On one of our regular trail there is one rock that is too high for my bike and everytime I pass it I switch to my big ring so the chain will protect the ring and it works.
Stosh, If you ride regular xc I don't think you need a bashguard.
Not so much "damage" the big ring, but "bend" it. If you aren't going perfectly straight when you hit the log, chances are eventually you will bend the big ring. And I bet that pretty XTR big ring ain't cheapOriginally posted by Deyv
I don't understand how hitting a log would damage your big ring, I use my big ring to clear logs that are too big to hop and my big ring damage the log and not the opposite.
Yeah well I think I'm just going to take the chance with it for now...Originally posted by Echo
Not so much "damage" the big ring, but "bend" it. If you aren't going perfectly straight when you hit the log, chances are eventually you will bend the big ring. And I bet that pretty XTR big ring ain't cheap
Definitely ride it like it is dude. If you happen to bend or damage your big ring, that's the perfect time to decide if you use it enough that you want a new big ring, or if you should just replace it with a bash guardOriginally posted by stosh
Yeah well I think I'm just going to take the chance with it for now...
It's early in the season to be making changes like that to my bike.
And who says Echo is as dumb as he looks...?Originally posted by Echo
Definitely ride it like it is dude. If you happen to bend or damage your big ring, that's the perfect time to decide if you use it enough that you want a new big ring, or if you should just replace it with a bash guard