Just get a freewheel and chain tensioner, put the brakes back on and have an awesome single speed. That would be super good!

Looking at the picture, you're not too far off. You might search for the "magic ratio".

Try an 18 tooth rear cog or a 48t chainring. One or the other might tighten up your chain just enough.

well, i dont wantt a single speed, which is why i have my fixie, & sorry bout the type-o but my crank has 46T and my fixie cog has 18T

the chain broke, faq its garbage, ill take it

this is ridiculous

Your chain tension really doesn't look all that bad. If you've got a half-decent chainline I wouldn't worry about it.

I suspect you're not trackstanding or anything anyway.

This really frustrates me. I put a ton of time and money (not that much but more than I'd like) into my conversion. I had to learn a lot about bikes and I tested my patience several times in doing so. And to think that someone could but this much time a presumably money into a conversion only to give up and start over because the chain is a tad loose. It doesn't sit right with me. Also, how do you go all the way about converting a bike and not know what a horizontal dropout is. It makes me think you couldn't have done a lot of your own wrenching or had a good relationship with your bike mechanic because any decent bike mechanic would have been able to solve the chain problem. One more thing, how do you go about breaking your chain so often?

This entire thread is a joke..... right?

Make sure the next bike is red or yellow, those take much better to being fixied.

Did I just get trolled? I actually kind of hope so.

yeah, this reeks of troll.

I have a sneaking suspicion this person is genuine.

I know it screams troll (especially the breaking 4 chains thing), but that almost lends credence to its legitimacy.

Well then I guess we'll have to invent a new term for this type of poster- when the post is so ridiculous that it seems like a troll, but they're actually telling the truth.

truth + troll = trull

although, the term "trull" has another meaning as well http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trull

i did all the wrenching on my first conversion and agree, it takes a ****load of patience and by the time your done you've learned a whole lot more about bikes than you did when you started. how someone could even own a bike and know as little as the op is beyond me...

i like how the op calls it a "fixie cog"

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3653/...f86c82cb95.jpg

i don't understand people.

im not giving up on my bike, i just wanna start on another one. and the chain broke cus since it was so loose, the chain wuld fall off and the bike wuld still go... so the chain sometimes got stuckk forcing it, i guess? and i actually did learn alot from building this bike... but because my bike didnt have horizontal dropouts, i never bothered learning what it meant. honestly tho, idgaf what u sayy(:

Yeah, who cares what these knowledgeable people who would have been willing and able to help you have to say! Screw 'em! :thumb:

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The correct solution to this problem is nearly any solution that involves someone besides you working on the bike.

im not trying to say i dont care what these NICE helpingg people have to sayy. i just dnt care about what the other retarted people have to sayy, judgingg me and ****t!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW3pTjm5ZMY
but you don't have horizontal dropouts, so
you are screwed...
unless you consult Mr. Sheldon Brown

why do you keep putting double letters at the end of your words.

All the kids on facebook are doing it, it shows what little regard they have for grammar, and how proportionally cool they are as a result.