Originally Posted by
Litespud
why not both? Any committed cyclist who says he doesn’t take some degree of pride in how his bike looks is full of it.
Wow! A flame from a 7 year old reply I made... That reply was directed at the OP and their seemingly to want the writing on the chain ring to face to the outside. I was trying to say that why should the side of the bike that the stamped writing is on be an issue. It is that the ring is installed properly that IMO has first priority.
Now to your thinking that as a commuter bike it's looks shouldn't matter- you make a false assumption of me. Here's a shot of my current commuter, clean and not the usual color combo. As a lifer in the LBS service department I very much care that others do take pride in their bikes. Andy