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[Closed] Broken tooth on new chainring - bin or botch?

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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 ?


 
Posted : 30/05/2010 8:40 pm
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Just ride it dude!


 
Posted : 30/05/2010 8:43 pm
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You sure it's not a lower profile to aid shifting? I've made that mistake before now.......


 
Posted : 30/05/2010 8:44 pm
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The chain ring not the bike! ๐Ÿ˜† ๐Ÿ˜†

Not done this before, just wondering if a broken tooth will damage the chain in some way really. Call it idle speculation! ๐Ÿ˜›


 
Posted : 30/05/2010 8:45 pm
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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..


 
Posted : 30/05/2010 8:46 pm
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Just ride it, They can loose a few teeth with no probs.


 
Posted : 30/05/2010 9:39 pm
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File it smooth. Missing five or six on my Spot. No worries there.


 
Posted : 30/05/2010 9:40 pm
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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.


 
Posted : 30/05/2010 9:42 pm
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No it's ruined, send it to me and I'll dispose of it in an environmental way ๐Ÿ˜‰


 
Posted : 30/05/2010 10:07 pm
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๐Ÿ˜†


 
Posted : 30/05/2010 10:22 pm
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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.


 
Posted : 30/05/2010 11:10 pm
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I'll consider myself suitably corrected! ๐Ÿ˜ณ


 
Posted : 30/05/2010 11:11 pm
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It's important :mrgreen: Bodging is in the highest traditions of mechanical de-engineering, more an art than a science.


 
Posted : 30/05/2010 11:36 pm