Classic & Vintage - Pie-Plates? ... What about the chainguard rings on my cranksets?

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stronglight
05-07-08, 04:46 AM
Don't care for those useless Pie-plates, ay? Well what would you big bullys think of my sissy chainguard rings...

Actually I started this post in jest, but it occurred to me that in fact there were (are) some respectable chainguard ring applications.


I think this would be the most classy of all I have seen...

Specialites TA Cyclo-Cross chainguards

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3167/2281066016_73caa9a5f2.jpg

And, can we ever forget...

the massive Stronglight mod. 93 chainguard ring.
Basically, an extra large un-toothed chainring 3.5 mm thick.
At 190 grams... 1/3 the weight of many entire cranksets. :rolleyes:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1300/1364271660_9a1925b4b6.jpg

You may have had one of these on your mid-range Raleigh in the 1970s.

nlerner
05-07-08, 06:39 AM
That TA chain guard is remarkable, Bob. Here's a Stronglight 93 example as mounted on a 1971 Raleigh Super Course converted to a 3-speed errand bike:

http://web.mit.edu/nlerner/Public/Bikes/71SuperCourseNew2.jpg

Neal
RK1963
05-07-08, 07:39 AM
It serves a noble purpose!

dbakl
05-07-08, 07:39 AM
No, the chainguards are cool. They serve a different purpose than the dork discs: keeping the chain grease off your leg or getting your pants caught in the chain.
RK1963
05-07-08, 07:46 AM
Or, worse yet, a toe from being caught there. I was once in an ER while an MD was sewing a very young patient's back on because of this.
brandenjs
05-07-08, 07:57 AM
I kinda like the looks of the Super Maxy on the Le Tour nevermind the function of it..Sorry for the dark pic..

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd262/cavedad66/Schwinn%20LeTour/100_1601.jpg
John E
05-07-08, 08:16 AM
Or, worse yet, a toe from being caught there. I was once in an ER while an MD was sewing a very young patient's back on because of this.

I thought that's what shoes were for.

No chainguards or pie plates for me, thank you.