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I have run ramped rings and have never dropped a chain.
For commuting a gear ratio of 2.5 plus is great. It depends on the hills in your area.
If you want to get rid of all the chainrings except for the middle, you will need short chainring bolts because the large ring acts like a spacer.. If you want to go really cheap. leave on the big ring, even though you won't use it.
You will probably need a singlelator on the rear to take up the chain slack since your frame probably has standard dropouts. if you can manage it, make the singleator press the chain toward the chainstay for the most wrap around rather than pull it out.
For commuting a gear ratio of 2.5 plus is great. It depends on the hills in your area.
If you want to get rid of all the chainrings except for the middle, you will need short chainring bolts because the large ring acts like a spacer.. If you want to go really cheap. leave on the big ring, even though you won't use it.
You will probably need a singlelator on the rear to take up the chain slack since your frame probably has standard dropouts. if you can manage it, make the singleator press the chain toward the chainstay for the most wrap around rather than pull it out.