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  • Broken tooth on new chainring – bin or botch?
  • muddydwarf
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    Brand new SLX chain-set (new bike actually) and already noticed i've broken a tooth already.

    Is it a binner or should i just file it smooth & MTFU ?

    crikey
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    ?
    Just ride it dude!

    oldgrump08
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    You sure it's not a lower profile to aid shifting? I've made that mistake before now…….

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    muddydwarf
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    The chain ring not the bike! 😆 😆

    Not done this before, just wondering if a broken tooth will damage the chain in some way really. Call it idle speculation! 😛

    muddydwarf
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    Thought it was at first but a definite jagged edge to the tooth.

    Mind you, could be a low-profile that's been smacked by a rock i suppose..

    Grimy
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    Just ride it, They can loose a few teeth with no probs.

    shortcut
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    File it smooth. Missing five or six on my Spot. No worries there.

    Onzadog
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    De-burr the edge of it and carry on. I did the same on a middle ring a while back. Just filed it flat (badly misshapen)and it's had no effect at all. My 31 tooth chain ring feels just like the old 32.

    br
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    No it's ruined, send it to me and I'll dispose of it in an environmental way 😉

    muddydwarf
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    😆

    Northwind
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    It's bodge btw, a botched job is a complete failure, a bodge on the other hand is a triumphant success.

    muddydwarf
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    I'll consider myself suitably corrected! 😳

    Northwind
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    It's important :mrgreen: Bodging is in the highest traditions of mechanical de-engineering, more an art than a science.

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