Has anybody tried making a large custom chainring for their folder?

[danielmramos]

I was looking for a place to buy an affordable large chainring on the web and I found that Giles Puckett (http://www.mozbike.com/giles.html) created a program that allows you to design your own custom chainwheel on the fly. According to what he says it is fairly easy to design your own chainring using his program, print it out, glue it to some flat aluminum, and cut out your very own large chainring. He also states that the only labor intensive part is filing down the teeth after you have cut and drilled out the shape. I think that this may be what I end up doing. It has to be less than the $190 - $200 that some of these companies want for their 68T chainrings. It would probably be a great skill to learn. My goal is to learn how to build my own wheels and cut my own chainrings. That would be awesome!

[EvilV]

Interesting idea. I ran the programme and looked at the output. I'm not that sure what shape I'd have to file the teeth. The printout shows a number of small circles. Maybe I'd have to file around the circles to get the tooth shapes. What do you think?

[spambait11]

Matt Weaver (http://www.speed101.com/) makes his own chainrings. Might be worth an email to him.

[bangkok]

These guys craft all manner of customs chainrings:

http://www.highpath.net/cycles/eggs/01.html

[LittlePixel]

An alternative to the 'filing it yourself' option might be to take the design you want to a machine shop that has a computer-controlled CNC machine that could run you up a ring in no time at all.
Or look at the range of bigger 'Egg' chainrings by Highpath Engineering (http://www.highpath.co.uk/cycles/eggs/01.html) (up to 110 teeth!)

[zepi]

I had a guy manufacturing a 72T chainring for my auto mini folder. Take a look at this post. http://bikeforums.net/showpost.php?p=5250070&postcount=1352

[danielmramos]

Hey Zepi, I looked at that post. The link to the Auto Mini Folder pictures or what not does not work. Would you please give us another link and some more details on how you got that done?

Thanks

[zepi]

Hey Zepi, I looked at that post. The link to the Auto Mini Folder pictures or what not does not work. Would you please give us another link and some more details on how you got that done?

Thanks

here is the link to the auto-mini: http://bikeforums.net/showpost.php?p=5158773&postcount=23

[danielmramos]

Oh, that looks like a sweet setup. How much did it change your top end when you switched to the larger chainring? After the guy cut out the chainring with laser cutter how was the ring refined to completion? What program or pattern did you use for the 72T chainring? That was a hell of a price you got. Good for you.

Thanks

[rhm]

This thread got me thinking, what chainring size would I want if I were to put a Rohloff hub on my DT Mini? So I went to the trusty gear calculator (http://sheldonbrown.com/gears/internal.html) and came up with: 85 Teeth! That would give me a nice spread of 20 to 105 gear inches.... Now let's see... basic EGGring from Highpath Engineering, $500... and the Rohloff hub, somewhere around $1250... oh, and throw in a rim and some spokes, please....

Uh, right. Someone want to do me a favor, and tell my wife what I want for Christmas?:roflmao:

Makes me appreciate the wonders of the SA8, imperfect as it is.

[BruceMetras]

This thread got me thinking, what chainring size would I want if I were to put a Rohloff hub on my DT Mini? So I went to the trusty gear calculator (http://sheldonbrown.com/gears/internal.html) and came up with: 85 Teeth! That would give me a nice spread of 20 to 105 gear inches.... Now let's see... basic EGGring from Highpath Engineering, $500... and the Rohloff hub, somewhere around $1250... oh, and throw in a rim and some spokes, please....

Uh, right. Someone want to do me a favor, and tell my wife what I want for Christmas?:roflmao:

Makes me appreciate the wonders of the SA8, imperfect as it is.

Try the calculation again, but use the 13t cog available from Rohloff... you should now get the same gear spread with a commonly found 58t chainring.

Bruce

[rhm]

Try the calculation again, but use the 13t cog available from Rohloff...

Oh, I didn't know that's an option! Sheldon Brown's website says: "It comes with a 16t cog, but 15 and 17 are available."

[danielmramos]

Hey there, I am really drunk right now, so I think you should totally go for the 85T chainring. Nah, that is a bit asinine. It probably wouldn't even give you any ground clearance. Gosh, I am sitting here wondering what that would even look like. Is it even possible?

[zepi]

interesting: http://www.philvarner.com/bikes/blog/2007/06/16/big-chainwheels-keep-on-turnin/