Chain wheels and mechs compatibility.

[Andy in Germany]

No need. You are replacing the complete chainset. (Stick, wrong, end of, Dave)
The one you are putting on [edit: maybe] looks like a biopace (ovalised rings) so take care to set the FD cage at the correct height for the large diameter.
Also you don't know if the BB spindle length needed by the new chainset is the same as for the current one, so your chainline may not be quite the same. It's possible the FD will not 'reach', but I'd fit it and see (unscrew limit screws) manipulating by hand. Also check how close the (new) inner ring is to the chainstay.

That confirms I understood it now, but as you say I plan to replace the entire unit. I don't think it's a biospace; I've got several biospace rings and they're generally distinctive, but I'll check tomorrow.

 

[Jameshow]

Good point; poor communication from me there. Ironically I'm translating into English from German.

Do you think in German?

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good point; poor communication from me there. Ironically I'm translating into English from German.

Thats OK, it sounds like something got lost in the translation.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Do you think in German?

Increasingly, especially when I'm speaking German or preparing for something in German.

I still count in English, to the consternation of my colleagues...

 

[Andy in Germany]

Thats OK, it sounds like something got lost in the translation.

I think it did. I've genuinely forgotten a few English words for things, or in my work I've often learnt the words for things here and never knew the English words in the first place.

 

[Jameshow]

Increasingly, especially when I'm speaking German or preparing for something in German.

I still count in English, to the consternation of my colleagues...

Interesting I have bilingual family members and wondered!

 

[Andy in Germany]

Interesting I have bilingual family members and wondered!

Beautiful Wife still counts in Japanese, but our sons all count in German. Beautiful Daughter was deliberately brought up trilingual and counts in whatever language people are speaking to her at the time.

 

[C R]

I think it did. I've genuinely forgotten a few English words for things, or in my work I've often learnt the words for things here and never knew the English words in the first place.

I have the same thing with English and Galician/ Spanish. All my professional life has been in English, so for a lot of technical words if I want to say it in Galician I need to reach for the dictionary.