Once you have a Race Face Cinch Crankset, you need to outfit it with at least one chainring. If you’re rocking a 1x system, than the lightest, stiffest option is RF’s Cinch Narrow Wide Direct Mount Chainring. These rings will work with any 1x system, be it 9-, 10-, 11-, or 12-speed. The ring comes in 24- to 42-tooth sizes, in 2-tooth increments. A 24 weighs 33g, a 42 112g thanks to the 7075-T6 aluminum alloy used. The ring is stiff thanks to 4mm wide plate thickness. It has Race Face’s Narrow-Wide tooth profiling design that holds onto chains better than a repurposed 2x ring. The Cinch ring is designed to slide onto the Cinch splines on the right arm of a Race Face Cinch crank. A lock ring, included the crank, is then tightened onto the ring with a bottom bracket tool like Parks BBT-22.