absoluteBLACK

This Absolute Black chainring came into my life around 5 years ago when they were still a young company. I was drawn into the oval chainring cult because of the claimed benefits for the knees. Back when I was riding a 40 pound freeride bike with a slack seat tube angle on any kind of terrain, I would get some knee pain on longer rides. Even if I my saddle was as far forward as possible, the offset seatpost made sure that I couldn't gain any seat tube steepness from anything. That must have been the source of my knee pain, but I was trying to find other solutions. Enter oval chainrings. I won't...