1x9 / SS question for you guys....

There are guard rings made for pretty much every crank.

Spindle length depends on the frame, crank and chainline. No hard and fast rules.

Yeahbut...

shiggy said:

There are guard rings made for pretty much every crank.

Spindle length depends on the frame, crank and chainline. No hard and fast rules.

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Yeahbut will951's right about the spindle needing to be long enough for the arms to clear the stays regardless of ring size. In the case of my X-Caliber, the limiting factor wasn't the granny ring (which I took off when I converted it to single), it was the middle ring that required me to keep the spindle length the same. Whereas on my CoMotion, the 202mm cranks would hit the stays if the spindle was much shorter. So sometimes it's the arm/stay interference, sometimes it's the middle ring. If a guy's gonna go sans bash ring, perhaps more options open up, perhaps not (cuz he can move the lone chainring to the outer position if no bash ring occupies that spot). Hmmm... guess I'm saying pretty much the same thing that shiggy said, eh. I better shutup.

Over & out!

--Sparty