Well, that's an answer I suppose... cheers!
Yeah, I noticed these but I haven't seen much mention of the PreciAlps chainrings so I don't really know if they're any good, and the Austrian bling ring seller is basically the same price as EM3EV.42T from France or Austria on ebay maybe??
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.XBBS02+bling+ring.TRS0&_nkw=BBS02+bling+ring&_sacat=0
The way I look at it is, without the custom chainring the bike would have been a pig to ride. I've now had 2000 miles of enjoyable riding, wheras it could have been 2000 miles of not having use of the 2 lowest cogs, plus numerous chain deraillments.Thanks for this Fordulike, much appreciated. I know they're low volume, but my god these things are pricey! I only want it to improve the chain line on the new bike I've put the kit on.