Like the title says, Do you think my chain is to loose?

yes

yes its a little too loose. skidding and resistance will be jerky as will track stands.

Edit:

Going for a magic gear, Uhhh yeah thats too loose, Check out a half link, or Eno hub

is this a ss or a fg? also i just noticed those are horizontal drops, not ideal for single speed or fixed gear. you're going to need to remove a few links either way.

Dude is this because oh my comment in the picture thread? Haha.

Damn. I can tell you have a flip/flop. But its harder to tell if its a fix.

Ya, I thought so as well. I rode it a bit, nothing to hard, and it seemed fine until I hit a rougher spot and I could feel the chain jump, luckily stayed on though. Dont know what to do. I have tried half linking it, but still no good. I cant even remove a half link and make it fit. Anyways, last resort is possibly trying filing the axle to give a bit of adjustment.

Oh ya, it is a flip/flop hub and is fixed in this pic, but has a freewheel as well.

too loose.

There are numerous things you can do.

1. Experiment with different chainrings and cog combos so that you get a nice taut chain. But then you still dont have the ability to pull your axle so it has the correct tension. And its always nice to have space in your dropouts, because your wheel does tend to move as your ride it more and more. And since you have 'vertical' drops theres no real room for it to go except for falling out of the dropouts.

2. Buy an Eno Hub. Ive got one and theyre awesome for vertical dropouts.

3. Or get a half-link chain. They look hot.

Dont file your dropouts. You have no room for that. Youll just weaken your dropout and risk eating pavement sooner.

Ya i tried the different rings. Can't seem to find one that works. They are either to tight so they bind or like it is now with a 44/16. Cant afford one of those hubs so I might try the axle filing just a bit. The pic makes it more pronounced than it is so I think even an 1/8" of filing the axle might make the difference here. Really want to run fixed gear and cant with the tensioner thingy.

Ghost chainring. Looks dope (IMHO), keeps your chain tensioned, cuts fingers (and other pesky things that shouldn't be there anyway) - what more can you ask from such a cheap and simple solution?

I was considering a half link chain, would/could that make a difference or is it the same as just adding/removing a half link to mine? I mean in fitting it to my bike. It seems like either configuration all you can do is subtract or add half a link.

^Same as adding a half-link to your chain. Half-link chains are a bit expensive, so just using one half-link with your existing chain is probably the best solution - after the ghost ring, of course.

Never heard of the ghost chainring till now...

But after a bit of googling .... i think thats your solution. And man thats like a $5 solution.



https://www.erikv.com/blog/index.cfm/...-Chain-Tension

DOOD! You can utilize an old, used and decrepit chainring, or even an old sprocket (from an old and decrepit cassette) for the purpose. That makes it a $0 solution - and don't you know that the best things in life are free? Like love, for instance.

are those dura ace 7400 cranks?

Ghost Ring, BRilliant!

But a Half link may provide the proper tension, and a more sensible solution https://parts.spicercycles.com/page.c...ils&sku=CH4104

It's a short link that should take care of that slack

that's pretty scary....is there anything (aside from chain tension) keeping the "ghost chainring" in place?

apparently not =\

i gasped when the image loaded, for what thats worth

nope

You should see a ghostring in action, how it rotates "against" the cog, pretty weird stuff.

sounds like a death trap

i had a ghost chainring on a tall bike. hella sketch. like the bike itself. it was a match made in heaven.

edit: i should note that, yeah, there's nothing holding it on but chain tension, and if it's loose...well, mine fell out when i was trying to move the bike in a pile of bikes.

I just got the bike from a neighbor, so i do not know what type of cranks they are. They say dura-ace so i know they are shimano.