What is an adjustable chain stay?
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I'm not sure this guy on craigslist has an old single speed trek with an "adjustable chain stay"
here it is...https://sacramento.craigslist.org/bik/1370751330.html
here it is...https://sacramento.craigslist.org/bik/1370751330.html
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Black Sheep had one at the recent RMBS.
Similar to this, but much cleaner & nicer looking. It was on a Black Sheep, after all.
Similar to this, but much cleaner & nicer looking. It was on a Black Sheep, after all.
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Black Sheep had one at the recent RMBS.
Similar to this, but much cleaner & nicer looking. It was on a Black Sheep, after all.
Similar to this, but much cleaner & nicer looking. It was on a Black Sheep, after all.
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This is a tensioner, which adjusts the chain, behind the horizontal dropouts. Is this what the guy means, perhaps?
This is a tensioner, which adjusts the chain, behind the horizontal dropouts. Is this what the guy means, perhaps?
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He probably means the bike has sliding drops.
EDIT: I just looked at the ad and it looks like that frame has verticals. The chain is pretty slack so I'm wagering there's nothing there for tensioning unless he's using an eccentric bottom bracket.
EDIT: I just looked at the ad and it looks like that frame has verticals. The chain is pretty slack so I'm wagering there's nothing there for tensioning unless he's using an eccentric bottom bracket.
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What make/model is this?
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Bfssfg member and all around winner @ life lyledriver helped make a bike with adjustable stays.
Blog post: https://projekto-b.blogspot.com/2009/...xperience.html
Prototype Naked turnbuckle chain stays, so you can run a disc brake without sliding tabs.
Here they are built up
Here is the semi-complete bike, getting ready for interbike.
Blog post: https://projekto-b.blogspot.com/2009/...xperience.html
Prototype Naked turnbuckle chain stays, so you can run a disc brake without sliding tabs.
Here they are built up
Here is the semi-complete bike, getting ready for interbike.
Last edited by mander; 09-14-09 at 09:30 AM.
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would be even better if it had raised chainstays, no need for that joint in the frame.
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Black Sheep had one at the recent RMBS.
Similar to this, but much cleaner & nicer looking. It was on a Black Sheep, after all.
Similar to this, but much cleaner & nicer looking. It was on a Black Sheep, after all.
Do you have a pic of that Black Sheep bike? By the way, I am looking at their other models, and must say, Black Sheep really has some fresh ideas. At last!!!!!!
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I don't know if I'd trust that little 1/8" bolt to handle the forces a chainstay is subjected to.
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The two allen bolts on the bigger part of the stay look like they might be a seat post clamp sort of deal.
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I agree. And we know that seat post clamps with only a single bolt support quite a heavy rider at times, without any problems. I submit to you that a single chainstay is subjected to compressive stresses of comparable or even less intensity.