Originally Posted by
Tapeworm21
Well, I think I was destine to be a SS rider. I tried it on the way to work and wasn't all that in to it. I didn't have trouble remembering that I can't coast, I just don't see myself going as fast even if I was extremely used to it. Much respect to all fixie riders.
Luckily I had time to check out my bike today. There's a couple things going on with my bike.
1) The chainline isn't all that straight, so I threw a spacer behind the freewheel.
Did you redish the wheel after that? If the spacer is thick enough to matter your wheel needs redishing.
Originally Posted by T
2) The axle nuts aren't gripping the frame enough so my wheel moves around a little bit. I'm going to
find some chain tensioners on Sunday. I'm hoping that will help.
That's a bad idea - tensioners ( I hope you have the ones that pull the axle back in mind) can not stand the pull of the chain they are great for setting initial tension. Fix the nuts, instead.
Originally Posted by T
3) I'm just a silly goose. I threw on a 1/8 chain on there when I need a 3/32. Oops.
Shouldn't matter.