Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Always make sure your chain ring bolts are tight

yea, and I was due to clean my chain too...

http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v108/248/13/515664133/n515664133_195156_1271.jpg

Someone forgot the blue loctite

and the bolts are on backwards, good thing your ok

the bolts arent on backwards, the chainring is on the other side of the spider.

i have two brand new 49T chainrings f/s

BTW you're a puss for not putting that chainring on a metal desk, giving it a few good macho hammer blows so it's straight, and riding it again.

that hard to do when it's cracked all the way through

http://www.giantleaprocketry.com/images/JBWeld.jpg

only kidding. =]

How's the BaileyWorks?

BTW you're a puss for not putting that chainring on a metal desk, giving it a few good macho hammer blows so it's straight, and riding it again.

you're a puss for spending your entire day updating every thread on this forum

the bolts arent on backwards, the chainring is on the other side of the spider.

no, the bolts are on backwards and the chainring is on the other side of the spider

whoops.

hope you're okay.

everybody breaks bike parts every now and then.

haha you tit.
give us a kiss, ill make it all go away.

Psst.....mechanically it doesn't make a damned bit of difference which direction the bolts are facing, so long as they're tight.

you're a puss for spending your entire day updating every thread on this forum


hahahahahahahahahahaha.

haha you tit.
give us a kiss, ill make it all go away.

NICK!!!!!!!!! Whats up dude!

so, does it matter which side of the spider the chainring is on?

on road cranks; no.

i got sugino cranks and messenger chainring; my local guru (always brilliant) tells me it's usual that the chainring goes on the outside, but having mine on the inside makes the chainline nice and straight... am i abnormal?

i got sugino cranks and messenger chainring; my local guru (always brilliant) tells me it's usual that the chainring goes on the outside, but having mine on the inside makes the chainline nice and straight... am i abnormal?

I believe this is normal, but I don't own the cranks in question (Sugino RDs, I assume), so I can't say for sure.

i got sugino cranks and messenger chainring; my local guru (always brilliant) tells me it's usual that the chainring goes on the outside, but having mine on the inside makes the chainline nice and straight... am i abnormal?

Not at all. Good chainline is good chainline, however you get it. I ran the chainring on the inside of the spider on my Basso conversion for a long time until I switched it to singlespeed, at which time the freewheel moved the effective chainline out a few mm and it made more sense to run the chainring on the outside.

thanks you guys. i can show my face on the streets of melbourne once more.

They're Sugino RDs and I've been running them that way for about 6 months (for chain line purposes)...no problems til this. I'll blame myself for not checking the bolts enough.