Hairy Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012  Nice How much friction do you get with that setup ... can it be "felt" at all? If you spin your cranks backwards does it spin freely? sorry for the questions, but this system really intrigues me!
philip.maree Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 Took her for a first outing on Saturday.  DR ◣◢ and Cav' 2
NotSoBigBen Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 That is really neat Flippie! I really like the 'proper' SS frame with no tensioners etc.
philip.maree Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 (edited) That is really neat Flippie! I really like the 'proper' SS frame with no tensioners etc. Thanks! It was a real nice ride. Had a 32x20t setup. Will change that to 32x18t for the next ride. Edited July 9, 2012 by philip.maree
Hairy Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 Took her for a first outing on Saturday. Â Â Nice looking bike and great brand
DR ◣◢ Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 Added the Ragley on Friday Where did you find the Ragley? ShawnMano 1
Stretched@Birth Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 Be interesting to see the comments on the half link chain. I'm running mine the same direction, but it's backwards. In theory, should make no difference, or am I wrong? Nice bike BTW, like the way the tensioner is done.
NotSoBigBen Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 Be interesting to see the comments on the half link chain. I'm running mine the same direction, but it's backwards. In theory, should make no difference, or am I wrong? Nice bike BTW, like the way the tensioner is done. I also have mine the 'wrong' way round on my fixie but I don't ride it enough to worry about it .....
jcmeyerSS Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 Â Â I also have mine the 'wrong' way round on my fixie but I don't ride it enough to worry about it .....I had mine that way round and kept breaking links (broke 4 outside links in about 300km) Thought it was a problem with my cogs or chain alignment but a google search showed i had the chain on backwards. Looked right that way round but have switched the chain around and 500km no issues.
ShawnMano Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 Thanks for pointing out that the chain is in wrong I had no idea. The tensioner is my own creation pulley and all. I was told it would be noisy but so far its quite and no drag at all. I could not get a tensioner to work at the back not enough space on the momsen to go up and going down I could not get enough chain wrap on the rear cog with certain ratio's. Loving it
Stretched@Birth Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 Â I had mine that way round and kept breaking links (broke 4 outside links in about 300km) Thought it was a problem with my cogs or chain alignment but a google search showed i had the chain on backwards. Looked right that way round but have switched the chain around and 500km no issues.Evidently I'm not strong enough, have not yet broken mine. Going to bin it soon though, I'm still convinced that it stretches, so going to replace it with an ordinary track chain.
jcmeyerSS Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 (edited) Â Evidently I'm not strong enough, have not yet broken mine. Going to bin it soon though, I'm still convinced that it stretches, so going to replace it with an ordinary track chain.Funny thing is it wasn't under huge strain that it broke links it was mostly when accelerating to catch geariesBut yeh they do stretch quite a bit in the beginning. Had mine stretch from new, so much on a 80km ride in bela bela that I took out 2 links and didn't have to move my setup. Edited July 9, 2012 by jcmeyerSS
TЯΞB Posted July 11, 2012 Posted July 11, 2012 My Tomac Flint 29er. Still need to trim the rear brake hose, other than that I'm done. For now DR ◣◢ 1
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