chain stretch SUCKS
03-25-06 | 10:29 AM
#76
this bike is an aqueduct
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From: Gainesville, FL
Bikes: Villin custom touring, Medici Pro Pista, KHS Alite1000, Windsor fixed commuter
Rodents of unusual size? I don't think they exist.
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Villin custom touring | Raleigh XXIX | Medici Pro Pista | 1978 Schwinn Stingray
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03-25-06 | 12:37 PM
#77
deathless
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From: Brooklyn, NY
does anyone on here actually realize that half link chains are unidirectional?
they're not made for back pressure, since their design on forward torque pulls the plates together, while back pressure pulls them apart.
if anyone has really really bad chain problems, take it from a BMX head, and get either a wipperman pro, or a kink chain.
they're not made for back pressure, since their design on forward torque pulls the plates together, while back pressure pulls them apart.
if anyone has really really bad chain problems, take it from a BMX head, and get either a wipperman pro, or a kink chain.
03-25-06 | 12:46 PM
#78
hang up your boots
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From: San Francisco
Bikes: 84 Pinarello, Trek Liquid 30, Torker CX 24, Gromada Track
ive seen it in the movies once (ok more than once)...simply jam your pump in your spokes and you will stop.
There is always the safest brakeless bmx/ted shred stop...jam your foot in the rear stays. In my opinion safer than the front crown and better on the collateral than the pump in the spokes.
There is always the safest brakeless bmx/ted shred stop...jam your foot in the rear stays. In my opinion safer than the front crown and better on the collateral than the pump in the spokes.
03-25-06 | 01:34 PM
#80
i am sure that i hate you
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Bikes: 'Cha-ruzu Fosuta Orusan Kein' Fuji Track (2005), Schwinn Tank MTB (?), Fuji Royale (1979)
Originally Posted by colinm
Call in the Myth Busters. A 2-hour special episode on Fixies and Urban Cycling Myths.
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03-25-06 | 01:52 PM
#81
Minneapolis
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From: Just under Minneapolis
Bikes: 1998 Stumpjumper Pro, SE Draft, 1984 Bianchi ATB, 1980? Raleigh Comp GS, Civia Loring
Especially the red-haired dude - endo doing the front wheel + foot maneuver sans chain into traffic-filled intersection.
OK, not really, because that's mean.
OK, not really, because that's mean.
03-25-06 | 05:04 PM
#82
645f44
Joined: Sep 2003
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From: Oxford, Uk
Originally Posted by guerillaidiom
does anyone on here actually realize that half link chains are unidirectional?
they're not made for back pressure, since their design on forward torque pulls the plates together, while back pressure pulls them apart.
they're not made for back pressure, since their design on forward torque pulls the plates together, while back pressure pulls them apart.
Last edited by d_D; 03-25-06 at 05:11 PM.
03-25-06 | 08:17 PM
#84
Minneapolis
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From: Just under Minneapolis
Bikes: 1998 Stumpjumper Pro, SE Draft, 1984 Bianchi ATB, 1980? Raleigh Comp GS, Civia Loring
I forsee a market for microprocessor-controlled chains that have servo feedback to sense impending derailment and adjust itself. Also, "smart pins" that remain intact if installed properly, or turn to dust if not, upon first tension.
Our fates are in the hands of engineers, or in the hands of those who know how to install chains that have been around for what, a century?
If I install my own automobile wheels and one flies off, I don't holla "Damn You Lug Nut Stretch!!"
Is this thread over yet, or are we still being constructive?
oooo Pink Floyd just came on.
Our fates are in the hands of engineers, or in the hands of those who know how to install chains that have been around for what, a century?
If I install my own automobile wheels and one flies off, I don't holla "Damn You Lug Nut Stretch!!"
Is this thread over yet, or are we still being constructive?
oooo Pink Floyd just came on.
