Shape of frame and small width of flip flop hub messing up my chain line.

Posted on Thu 17th, October 2013

• #1

rubgybod

I am building a bike and took it into my fixie shop today. We tried a bottom bracket and put on a crank I have. The crank touched the edge of the frame and the back flip flop hub is quite small, so the chain would be at an angle and the chain line would be shit. I have a bottom bracket which is a little longer so the crank would not touch the frame, however, the chain line would still be really really bad. How do I sort it out apart from getting a new back wheel?
• #2

vikingfixed

Smaller chainring?
• #3

mrhudson

whats a fixie shop?
• #4

57Hawkes

Simple fix.
You or your shop needs to re-dish the wheel.

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