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OBree uses a slack chain
http://cdn.mos.bikeradar.com/images/...l41-850-65.jpg
Notice the drop in the chain. So at least for training he uses a slack chain. |
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OBree uses a slack chain
On Sep 11, 12:41*am, someone wrote:
http://cdn.mos.bikeradar.com/images/...4467596618-hmd... Notice the drop in the chain. *So at least for training he uses a slack chain. We would like to put you directly in touch with the breweries and their products! http://www.mybrewerytap.com/52wbc.htm |
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OBree uses a slack chain
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... http://cdn.mos.bikeradar.com/images/...l41-850-65.jpg Notice the drop in the chain. So at least for training he uses a slack chain. Read up on chain tension on fixed-gear bicycles on Sheldon Brown's site. Bottom line - any tighter and the drive train can start to bind. The amount of chain slack you see is minimal, common, and about as _little_ as you'll likely see - more isn't uncommon. When you adjust the chain tension, you try to get it as tight as you can _without_ binding, and there's always a little bit of slack. After a while with the same bike and the same drivetrain, you get a feeling for what's right. And the amount of chain slack you can get away with, provided your chainline is straight, is pretty amazing - it has to be _really_ sloppy for the rider to have problems with it falling off. -S- |
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OBree uses a slack chain
On Sep 11, 3:41*am, someone wrote:
http://cdn.mos.bikeradar.com/images/...4467596618-hmd... Notice the drop in the chain. *So at least for training he uses a slack chain. And a monster chainring, too. What size is that? nate |
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OBree uses a slack chain
someone wrote:
http://cdn.mos.bikeradar.com/images/...l41-850-65.jpg Notice the drop in the chain. So at least for training he uses a slack chain. er, and what else do you notice about that chain? any clues as to this /not/ being the work of a detail obsessed pedant? |
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OBree uses a slack chain
jim beam wrote:
someone wrote: http://cdn.mos.bikeradar.com/images/...l41-850-65.jpg Notice the drop in the chain. So at least for training he uses a slack chain. er, and what else do you notice about that chain? any clues as to this /not/ being the work of a detail obsessed pedant? oh, wait, it's trev. time to move along folks. nothing to see here. |
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OBree uses a slack chain
On Sep 11, 2:41*am, someone wrote:
http://cdn.mos.bikeradar.com/images/...4467596618-hmd... Notice the drop in the chain. *So at least for training he uses a slack chain. I'd worry more about the missing spokes. |
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OBree uses a slack chain
landotter wrote:
On Sep 11, 2:41�am, someone wrote: http://cdn.mos.bikeradar.com/images/...4467596618-hmd... Notice the drop in the chain. �So at least for training he uses a slack chain. I'd worry more about the missing spokes. why? each spoke can support 3x the rider's weight. and with a stiff, deep section rim like that, undished on that track hub, they're not going slack in use, so they're not fatiguing. |
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OBree uses a slack chain
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, danial crage wrote: On Sep 11, 12:41*am, someone wrote: http://cdn.mos.bikeradar.com/images/...4467596618-hmd... Notice the drop in the chain. *So at least for training he uses a slack chain. We would like to put you directly in touch with the breweries and their products! http://www.mybrewerytap.com/52wbc.htm No no! Pick me! PICK MEEEE!!!! -- Ryan Cousineau http://www.wiredcola.com/ "In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls." "In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them." |
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OBree uses a slack chain
On Sep 11, 12:41*am, someone wrote:
http://cdn.mos.bikeradar.com/images/...4467596618-hmd... Notice the drop in the chain. *So at least for training he uses a slack chain. Parts on an older bike like that are rarely perfectly straight. Often times you'll find if you set the chain as tight as possible and then spin the cranks it may bind at some point, or it may go slacker than you had tightened it. This is due to slight imperfections or slight bends in the rear axle, bearing races, crank spindle, etc. You need to find this "long" spot (where the chain is pulled the tightest) and set up the tension so it doesn't bind at *that* point. Using chain tensioners on the rear helps to keep the wheel from sliding fore or aft. -Tom |
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