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The cogs (gears) at the front of your drive chain, connected to the cranks.

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Steel chainrings for 3x9 speed setups

I purchased a Vuelta mountain crankset which came with steel chainrings in the same 44-23-22 sizes to replace the alloy rings on the same crankset you have. Everything seems to work fine after some m …
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Replacement for 52 tooth chainring Ultegra triple ( 6503 ) 9 speed

You should be able to replace your chainring this with any 9 or 10 speed chainring that is 110 BCD (which is the Bolt Circle Diameter for the spider on an ultegra triple crankset). …
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Why are there almost no bikes with a single chainring?

This has to be compensated for, often with a chain guard on the outer side and jump stop on the inner side of the front chainring. … There are however several bikes on the market with a single front chainring and an internally geared rear hub. …
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Replacing a chainring - what did I do wrong?

Consider that you should use either grease on the threads of your chainring bolts when installing chainring bolts, you want to be able to easily remove these later as chainrings do need to be replaced … Get some grease on the faces of the chainring and crank spider where they touch the chainring bolts. Some people are fine with blue loc-tite, but I prefer not to have to force it. …
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Chain Slips in certain gears

I would guess that chain and/or cassette cogs are worn (typically middle ones go first) if you've tried adjusting and can't get it just right. I go through about a cassette a year on bikes I ride a lo …
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What are common causes of premature chainring wear?

This can wear the sides of the front chainring teeth and make them more pointy. You are riding dirty or don't lube up first- If you ride offroad especially, your chain can get dirty. … Running with a "stretched" chain is probably worse than running with a worn chainring. If it's a pretty new bike and the chain is well maintained, I'd probably blame it on cross chaining. …
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How to replace broken chainring that is missing a tooth

Just buy a 104 BCD (Bolt Circle Diameter) chainring with the same number of teeth (probably a 42 tooth on this model). Try searching for '104bcd 42t' on google. … Unbolt the chainring bolts (you may need a chainring nut wrench to hold the bolts while loosening or tightening them like the Park CNW-2C) and then put the new ring on and bolt it back up. …
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Need help choosing compatible rear derailleur, cassette & chain

Everything there looks like it should work together all right. If you are replacing the drive train components here, you may want to get new cabling for the shifters as well. Any 6/7/8 speed chain s …
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