American Flyers Posted August 4, 2008 Share Last Saturday I took part 66km SA challenge at Stellenbosch and I went over the stormwater channel, my front large chainring hit it and lost one tooth. But I managed to finish the race. The chainring was quite new and some people say I must replace new chainring and others say it wont make any difference. What do you think? Must I replace or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KlapperKnop Posted August 4, 2008 Share If it is on the big chainring ... i would not bother to replace it .... there are enough teeth to pull the chain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtrider Posted August 4, 2008 Share Agree . Think I actually got more than one missing tooth on my big blade . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baaisikilist Posted August 4, 2008 Share You're in the western cape, missing teeth is not uncommon. You could always replace the tooth with a gold one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
American Flyers Posted August 4, 2008 Share Thank you for your advice and I will leave it for now. If it makes noise or slip, I will replace it. I am a bit worried that it might cause the chain to wear quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisH Posted August 4, 2008 Share Sell it to Marius. Tell him it's a special lightweight chain ring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunh Posted August 4, 2008 Share Does it look like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linnega Posted August 4, 2008 Share I like ChrisH's idea the best. Otherwise just keep using it. If the chain slips then there is a problem - if not, ignore it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Bornman Posted August 5, 2008 Share Thank you for your advice and I will leave it for now. If it makes noise or slip' date=' I will replace it. I am a bit worried that it might cause the chain to wear quickly.[/quote'] You don't have to worry about chain wear with a missing tooth. Chains cause chainrings and sprockets to wear, not the other way round. I may make a click sound initially but that will soon sort itself out as the chain whips the chainring into submission. You're safe. Go ride. Some semi-useless information. A cog is a tooth on a gear or sprocket. Technically therefore you lost a cog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weekend_Warrior Posted August 8, 2008 Share A cog is a tooth on a gear or sprocket. Technically therefore you lost a cog. You learn something new every day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGuy Posted August 8, 2008 Share I like people who insist on using their big blade, especially in the rough stuff. Thrash it out until they are all gone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piernas Flacas Posted August 8, 2008 Share I would put the tooth under my pillow. Perhaps tomorrow you'll have a new chainring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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