50T or 53T chainring? pros and cons

[Power13]

@Bbt67

If going 53T in reality you need to swap out the 34 unless you like failed changes, clunky changes, dropped chains etc.

Shimano or SRAM may have “standard” CR combinations, but that doesn’t mean that running other options doesn’t work just fine. It may require a bit more finesse under load, but to say that it will have lots of failed changes or dropped chains is simply incorrect.