Originally Posted by
Ken Cox
I normally ride with a 3/32 chain, and I like 3/32 for the light weight of the whole drive train, and because I don't have any reason to not like it.
Next spring I intend/hope to build a new fixed gear bike, possibly my last build, and the option of building a 1/8 drive train interests me.
However, as a weight weenie, the heavier 1/8 drive train would need to need to have some benefit, such as smoothness or reliability, in order to justify it.
I wouldn't go to 1/8 solely because of its traditional use on the track, but only if it offered some other benefit.
Input, please, from someone who has ridden both 3/32 and 1/8.
Thanks.
You expressed an interest in 1/8", presumably some fancy track crank has caught your eye. If so, then go with the 1/8".
I wouldn't worry at all about the weight differences or the strength differences. If you get your chainline just right, no worries about noise, either.
Have fun.