[Closed] Arrrrrrrrrrggghhhh - I did it again!

Epic fail.. Been there and done that aswell. A trip to your LBS to see if they can help you finish the build this weekend?

yup 'fraid you do. I made the same mistake a while back

Hmmmmm, this was the build that I accounted for everything!

I'll pop to NWMB later and see if they have any.

I have ground them down a bit with an angle grinder in the past, just to get me out on the bike 🙂

Been there, done that. Annoying, innit?

No angle grinder I'm afraid.

How frustrating!

Hacksaw and file works just as well.

It's the sleeve that's too long I believe. It sits proud of the chainring.

Hacksaw and file works just as well.

or, if the chainring is recessed on the inside, turn it over so the chainring bolts don't sink into it. Might be enough if you're close

(or cut "washers" out of an old worn out chainring?)

(or cut "washers" out of an old worn out chainring?)

^ That's what i meant - rather than cutting down the chainring bolts just take a hacksaw to the mounting points of the chainring and use them as spacers.

So flipping the chainring worked 🙂

Does it matter? Are they directional in any way?

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fine. get some shorter bolts in and you can flip the chainring around when it's started to wear. 😉

Is that a NW chainring?

Yep, see the NW etched on.

Good fix, that'll work fine. You can also often get round this by reversing the nuts, i.e. the inside bit of the bolt. Not pretty but it'll get you rolling until you can get hold of some enduro-specific 1x chainring bolts.

Now the only problem is my lack of fitness and the 32t NW and 40t extender leaving me gasping ha

Hairy muff - no idea if they are directional being NW

I've always flipped chairnings (normal and N/W) in the past because I'm tight. Never had an issue!

Arrrrrrrrrgh number 2!

Orange use an IS mount for their brakes too!

I've not got the bloody adapter!

Not that it really matters but see that little knoble on the inner part of the chain ring on the top photo, it should be behind the crank arm.

That'll put the writing the same way up as the SLX on the crank arm too.

I bloody new that too lol too busy worrying about the ring wobble!

You can bodge this by making washers from 1p coins

I used the inserts from an old bash guard.

The orientation notch that should've lined up with the crankarm tickles my OCD...

32t NW and 40t

I'm sure I said go 30t x 42t. And then you come on here all moany 😉

Seriously though, 32x40 will be fine.

Rickon, that's what Orange offered me for the frame mix up.

They only had 40t Hope T - Rex and 32t NW 🙂

that'll teach you to be a 1x fashionista
#triple4lyf

if you use a 30t you don't need shorter bolts, as the ring itself is threaded

What mount do you need?

Have a couple in the spares bin you can have. In south mancs.

They appear to be odd sized avid ones though.....

I didn't have any choice ha! Orange have dropped the option to have a front mech!