Anyone got a good recommendation for a light, thin, cheap, ally bash guard.
104bcd

its replacing a thoroughly smashed shimano plastic jobby – will i also need need new chain ring bolts?

Hope

Have you got ISCG tabs? I’d mount one there if you can, the protection is just as good but you can’t pack mud into it like a crank mounted one (as happened to me last weekend before causing odd chain dropping issues )

Light, strong, cheap…….pick two. 😀

I’ve had a few BBG bash rings in different sizes over the years and they’ve served me well; quite possibly the closest you’ll get to strong, light – and cheap.

http://shop.bbgbashguard.com/products

In fact I’ve got a used black 104bcd 36t ring you can have for a fiver.

in that case, light and cheap

legend – how does a bash guard mount to ISCG? Not that i can remember if the frame does or not…..

If you have ISCG mounts then 77designz to a crash plate – I’ve just installed one and it looks well up to the job whilst being discrete.. http://77designz.com/product/crash-plate-34t

its ok, CRC explained it to me 🙂

I have a blackspire chain device/bash guard mounted on my bikes instead of the big ring – have to say I am not sure you’d think it was light or indeed cheap – depends on your budget and perceptions

I’ve got a Superstar one on my Spitfire. There is a mud issue when it’s particularly sticky but as Keith @ Banshee pointed out, a bash ring is less likely to hang up when it hits than a taco because the ring can rotate, and a ring mounted on the cranks is easier on the frame than a taco on the ISCG tabs. Ring also helps keep the chain on.

Shimano Saint CD50?

the superstar composite one is cheap (£15)

^sorry did i say cheap, i might have meant disposable.