34t ring and replacement bashguard for Saint Double

felix.london

Need to replace the standard 36t ring and once that's done the bashguard will be kinda oversized.

Anything good, strong, lightish, reasonably priced etc I should be looking at?

anj132

Will there be a blog to follow up after what you've bought

Why not give the raceface narrow wide chainring a go?

The Rookie

Lightweight, polycarbonate to abosrb bumps, or HD alloy?

felix.london

anj132 wrote:

Why not give the raceface narrow wide chainring a go?

aren't they single ring rings?

felix.london

The Rookie wrote:

Lightweight, polycarbonate to abosrb bumps, or HD alloy?

polycarbonate I reckon. The Saint ones seem overkill to me

peter413

I liked my Middleburn Hardcoat rings when I ran a double, they lasted just as long as Deore rings IME but were lighter being alloy (also twice the price though).

For a bash I'd be looking at the E Thirteen Turbocharger, opinions are very divided on the looks of it though, some hate it, some love it. I'm using them on both my Rocky and Marin and they've taken some pretty decent knocks with barely a scratch so they are strong while still fairly light. IIRC the standard Saint bash is pretty hefty but doesn't seem to be any stronger, there's bigger gouges out of my old Saint one than out of my E Thirteens which have taken more knocks.

felix.london

Good stuff. Thanks

(those Hardcoat rings are indeed pretty pricey)