The sole purpose of the narrow wide chainring is chain retention.
Chain guide 3 ring.
As you ride over rugged terrain your chain moves around quite a lot.
Ditching a triple ring setup and investing in a staggered chain ring is a great way to breathe new life into an aging drivetrain.
Often to the point where many riders no longer feel the need to run a front chain guide.
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As mentioned above some set ups may not.
What does the narrow wide tooth pattern do.
Choose a chain guide.
The narrow wide tooth pattern keeps.
The narrow wide chainring now mates seamlessly with the chain almost locking the chain to the ring without much increase in drag.
It is always defined in millimeters.
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Put simply the teeth are correspondingly thick then thin resulting in a profile which grips to the chain and aids chain retention.