Originally Posted by
PeteHski
Double and "bash" instead of big-ring was a popular choice in the days of triple mtb groupsets. Much prefer 1x mtb today.
I completely agree. I suspect that the big steel ring was made to be a bash guard and not a chainring, but it had teeth when it was new. You won't find a front derailleur on any of my off road bicycles. The 1X stuff just works better for that application.