I changed my chainrings to ta alize and noticed that some teeth are different than the others on the middle chainring. Does anyone know of this is on purpose?
I don’t know ‘Alize’ chainrings but different teeth can be have different profiles to aid shifting. If it’s not dropping or slipping, I wouldn’t worry!
Forsaken_Ocelot_4 on
It’s normal to have teeth with different shape to help shifting, that’s what these are, not broken teeth.
Willing-Ad3259 on
Looks like its broken. Is there something visible up on the teeths?
lucas_399 on
Yes its to shift to the other chainrings
jort_catalog on
Spécialités T.A. knows what they’re doing, it’s fine
dreamwalkn101 on
Totally normal. The middle ring needs to offload the chain to the bigger and smaller rings, so the shorter teeth help with this.
MuscleCommercial292 on
yes
HumungreousNobolatis on
Is this by looking at it or riding it?
If it rides fine, what’s the problem?
Nervous-Rush-4465 on
Yes, the square tips are not uncommon. If you look more closely you will probably see a variety of tooth shapes, especially on the middle rung.
JasperJ on
I don’t know the shifting aids these guys use but there is no way they got that way through damage.
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I don’t know ‘Alize’ chainrings but different teeth can be have different profiles to aid shifting. If it’s not dropping or slipping, I wouldn’t worry!
It’s normal to have teeth with different shape to help shifting, that’s what these are, not broken teeth.
Looks like its broken. Is there something visible up on the teeths?
Yes its to shift to the other chainrings
Spécialités T.A. knows what they’re doing, it’s fine
Totally normal. The middle ring needs to offload the chain to the bigger and smaller rings, so the shorter teeth help with this.
yes
Is this by looking at it or riding it?
If it rides fine, what’s the problem?
Yes, the square tips are not uncommon. If you look more closely you will probably see a variety of tooth shapes, especially on the middle rung.
I don’t know the shifting aids these guys use but there is no way they got that way through damage.