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I'm going to be running a 48t chainring with a 17t freewheel on a flip flop hub and wondered if anyone knows how much difference you can get away with in size for the sprocket on the other side of the hub.
I know it depends partly on the length of the dropouts and the amount of adjustment you can make to get good chain tension, but is the idea of running 17t one side and 19t the other realistic. Lookinng at the gear inches these give there seems to be a substantial difference. Maybe too much to expect to be able to account for by moving the wheel in the dropouts.
Anybody running a 17t and 19t on a flip flop hub or have any experience of it working / not working.
I'm going to measure the length of the dropouts to get a better idea. From memory they're fairly regular old racer frame droputs, possibly 1.5 to 2 inches in length.
Thanks in advance for any help, advice, suggestions.