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The Genius of Narrow Wide Chainrings

The narrow wide chainring is arguably one of the most important mountain bike advancements of the 2010s, and it doesn't get enough credit.
Seth Alvo
Feb 11, 2024
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Nowadays, almost any chainring you buy for your mountain bike will have an alternating tooth profile, but this wasn’t always the case. Having ridden a 3X drivetrain for most of my life, I was pleased in the early 2010s when bikes started popping up at the trailhead sporting just one ring in the front. I knew this was the future and immediately set out t…

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