The Single Speed Thread - Show Us Your Bike

Datsane · *by **Datsane** on Sun 31/May/09 10:46pm*

Checked your chain line?
You may not be getting enough chain wrap on the 14tooth cog.

one_uknw · *by **one_uknw** on Sun 31/May/09 11:19pm*

Are you using a half link with flanged spacers?

neels · *by **neels** on Mon 1/Jun/09 9:45am*

one_uknw wrote:Are you using a half link with flanged spacers?

Excuse my ignorance, but um, explain please?

one_uknw · *by **one_uknw** on Mon 1/Jun/09 10:47am*

neels wrote:
one_uknw wrote:Are you using a half link with flanged spacers?

Excuse my ignorance, but um, explain please?

Not at all man. Was a newsflash to me at the time too. I replaced both cogs and the chain on my DMR and it was still exhibiting the same symptoms you described. Had the tensioner set up perfect and chain wrap was more than sufficient. What it turned out to be was that I had used one 1/2 link in the chain, and the spacers I'd used had a flange. The 1/2 link wasn't sitting properly on the rear cog. Solution was ditching the flanged spacers for typical DMR type spacers.

speeding_ant · *by **speeding_ant** on Mon 1/Jun/09 11:45am*

Got a reasonably decent picture of my stealth with its new setup :love:

Most fun bike in the world!

Mat_the_w · *by **Mat_the_w** on Mon 1/Jun/09 3:44pm*

Well after all that I went for a ride today on the 'off road' version of my SS commuter running 44:21 and it was great, very fun, not so fast. but that's because i went with my mates...

Here is the steed...now to spend the rest of the afternoon changing ratios and tires for the commute tomorrow :huh:

Datsane · *by **Datsane** on Mon 1/Jun/09 3:50pm*

Needs less chain.
And more mud :thumbsup:

Mat_the_w · *by **Mat_the_w** on Mon 1/Jun/09 4:05pm*

yea, it was just sprayed with the hose. And yea, need to figure out how to sort out the chain, its a little gory...

tartgrandmother · *by **tartgrandmother** on Mon 1/Jun/09 7:38pm*

no mud shows you care datsane

...

but i agree that chain needs shortening

Datsane · *by **Datsane** on Mon 1/Jun/09 10:34pm*

No mud says you need to spend more time riding less time cleaning.

tartgrandmother · *by **tartgrandmother** on Mon 1/Jun/09 10:42pm*

bikes are much more appealing when shiny

Oli · *by **Oli** on Mon 1/Jun/09 10:53pm*

Datsane wrote:No mud says you need to spend more time riding less time cleaning.

Crap. That's just what lazy people say to justify their poor habits. The people I know who ride the most have the best looked after bikes of anyone. :hmmm:

istepinyards · *by **istepinyards** on Mon 1/Jun/09 11:07pm*

Oli wrote:
Datsane wrote:No mud says you need to spend more time riding less time cleaning.

Crap. That's just what lazy people say to justify their poor habits. The people I know who ride the most have the best looked after bikes of anyone.

That's because their team mechanics wash and maintain them whilst they are getting massaged,eating and sleeping :cool:

Oli · *by **Oli** on Mon 1/Jun/09 11:16pm*

There is that!

But I'm also thinking of many of the amateur enthusiasts I know...definitely not ALL of them, I hasten to add!

slidecontrol · *by **slidecontrol** on Mon 1/Jun/09 11:22pm*

I'm keeping out of this one, since my fisher is currently festering in the car after a night fang

It'll get hauled out just in time for the work commute tomorrow morning

maybe a clean and service tomorrow night, now that I have figured out that what I thought was a locking screw for the EBB, is actually a self extractor cap { ala raceface cranks } that will make ratio swapping easier, as that wedge gizmo locks up pretty good on the EBB :thumbsup:

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