Narrow Wide Chainring 180° flip?

[Vesatoro]

Before multifreewheels and indexing, most front rings were 180 flippable.

If manufacturers were to go back to symmetrical teeth for single up front, they could advertise the fact of double chainring life... and print massive meaningless graphic pseudo-words on both sides!

And sell half less!

 

[bikeworkshop]

And sell half less!

ah consumer society

They could just charge twice the price!

 

[Suprachrgd82]

You can flip the chainring. They are not unidirectional.

 

[ishaw]

Some rings are designed to be flipped to allow for standard or boost fitting. Teeth are the same both ways. Flip it.