I ran a half-bash on 4/104 for quite a while. Looking back, I wouldn’t consider it worth the weight savings. Better to distribute loads through the whole crank spider.
I do think BMX-style chainring mounted half-bash systems could have potential given how beefy the bodies of some N/W rings are.
Nov. 6, 2020, 2:52 p.m. - Andrew Major
I ran a half-bash on 4/104 for quite a while. Looking back, I wouldn’t consider it worth the weight savings. Better to distribute loads through the whole crank spider. I do think BMX-style chainring mounted half-bash systems could have potential given how beefy the bodies of some N/W rings are.