Chainring
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1. A solitary chainring of a bicycle front crankset for engaging a bicycle drive chain, comprising:
- a chainring body having a radially-oriented center plane, and an inboard side and an outboard side on opposite sides of the center plane;
a plurality of teeth formed about a periphery of the chainring body; and
one or more clearance chamfers formed about the periphery of the chainring body, each of the one or more clearance chamfers disposed between adjacent pairs of the plurality of teeth,each of the adjacent pairs of the plurality of teeth including a first tooth having a first width and second tooth having a second width, the first width greater than the second width,each of the one or more clearance chamfers defining a chainring body width less than the second width of the second tooth.
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Abstract
A solitary chainring of a bicycle front crankset for engaging a bicycle drive chain, including a plurality of teeth formed about a periphery of the chainring. One or more clearance chamfer surfaces are formed on the chainring body, each of the chamfer surfaces substantially centered between adjacent pairs of the plurality of teeth.
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1. A solitary chainring of a bicycle front crankset for engaging a bicycle drive chain, comprising:
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a chainring body having a radially-oriented center plane, and an inboard side and an outboard side on opposite sides of the center plane; a plurality of teeth formed about a periphery of the chainring body; and one or more clearance chamfers formed about the periphery of the chainring body, each of the one or more clearance chamfers disposed between adjacent pairs of the plurality of teeth, each of the adjacent pairs of the plurality of teeth including a first tooth having a first width and second tooth having a second width, the first width greater than the second width, each of the one or more clearance chamfers defining a chainring body width less than the second width of the second tooth. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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