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29er / Re: XC Marathon Fully with... Drops? Advice?
« on: April 04, 2024, 09:58:30 AM »Do you guys think that the chainring sizing could be overcome by going with a DUB wide bb? extra 2.5mm. Or is that something that all MTBs have standard to begin with?
You will run into the same issue no matter how you move the chainring out and that is really poor shifting and excessive cross chaining on the low gears. I am not familiar with the DUB stuff but you will be limited by the spindle length either way. If you make the bb 2.5mm wider then the crank spindle needs to do the same. You would be better off getting a crankset to fit and using chainring offset. I think they even go up to 5 or 6mm for the cinch style ones. Am am sure the 3 bolt or 8 bolt ones are the same. This was done a lot in the fat bike world to get better chain lines.