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.

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.

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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-

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

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?

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.

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.

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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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.

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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