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Old 08-19-12 | 03:22 AM
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Airburst
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Originally Posted by onespeedbiker
Found out what you were talking about. It's interesting, but with the probability of scratching the paint and/or denting the BB shell, I think I stick with a chain whip or x201's Ratchetfix.. (or maybe not the Ratchetfix either)
Or try putting the chain around the BB spindle rather than the shell, which is what I did last time I was faced with installing a track sprocket. Alternatively, use a rag to avoid scratching the paint, and if you have a bottom bracket installed, I'd say that denting the BB shell is very unlikely.

That said, a chain whip is a perfectly adequate way of fitting track sprockets, I only rotafixed that one because I was at the co-op rather than at home, and we only have a 3/32" chainwhip at the co-op.
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