Originally Posted by
bulgie
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For some reason that I don't understand, the cool trackies used to prefer block chain (ha ha the original block chain, before bitcoin!), and yours is not block chain. I see a couple block chains on ebay at the moment for $400 each! Personally I would rather have roller chain (like yours), and roller chain is the right stuff for any bike with inch pitch that's not a Match Sprint track bike. Prices not as crazy as for block chain.
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I understand it was one of those folklore fads. Remember in the 1980s when we said a used steel frame was whipped (or whooped)? I'm sure we can think of all these fads that everyone understood. On example was the crank that was swaged to the spider.
Wide handlebars are best, no, narrow handlebars are best. Long cranks, no, short cranks. High pressure, no, low pressure.