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• How to tweak chain alignment

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 16 years, 4 months

  

  I'm not sure what you mean by q factor, but I'm guessing you mean that there'll be more torque in the whole system as the leverages become greater when you move the drivetrain further from the frame.

  Please correct me if I'm wrong

• How to tweak chain alignment

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 16 years, 4 months

  

  Thanks Miro

  It's not ugly so much as Ar5e about face - same difference really. I think if I ever come to replace the BB (quite likely as I'm covering about 120 Miles a week on it) then I'll address the issue, until then I might tinker with the spacers idea.

  Cheers

  PS I'm a bloke BTW

• How to tweak chain alignment

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 16 years, 4 months

  

  Thanks Snoops

  I'd been thinking only in terms of the BB - D'Oh
  Will this work for the freewheel side of the hub as well? I'm new to fixed and still commuting SS, riding fixed at the weekends until I'm confident in traffic.

• How to tweak chain alignment

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 16 years, 4 months

  

  So I bought a Paddywagon.
  It came with a nasty solid plate chainguard - whipped that off straight away.
  Only trouble is the chainguard was on the outside of the crank spider thingamajig.
  The chainwheel itself sits on the inside of the spider and frankly looks wrong.

  I'd like to get the chainwheel on the outside of the spider but wonder if that's going to mess up the chain alignment too much, if so, any tips as to how to bring it all in line with the ring on the outside where it should be.

  Thanks in advance

• Look who someone's upset...

  in General • 16 years, 4 months

  

  The bit about a favourite band suddenly having a number one resonated with me.
  Don't think he's too out of order at all.

• Which Clipless pedals?

  in Bikes & Bits • 16 years, 4 months

  

  In reply to the OP, Look cleats should be fine I've ridden tem for years and never had a problem, one point though:-

  Look Delta cleats (old style) and Look Keo cleats are a different size and therefore incompatible. (They're both as good as each other but Keo have a smaller lower profile pedal)

  if your current pedals don't have the word Keo on them, then they're old style Delta cleat pedals.

• The Five Elements of Fixed Gear

  in General • 16 years, 4 months

  

  1 Shifters
  2 Front Mech
  3 Rear Mech
  4Cassette
  5 Triple or compact

  Oh my, what have I said

• Help me choose

  in General • 16 years, 4 months

  

  Can't believe you haven't heard that one before.

  Too many possibilities for cheap innuendo to mention.

  I'm off to polish my rims and contemplate how many inches I'm riding.

• Help me choose

  in General • 16 years, 4 months

  

  Oh FFS

  You lot have a go at the poor guy for not pressing return every once in a while
  yet the overall grasp of the English language displayed here (Edscoble, understandably excepted) is absolutely pi55 poor.

  Look to your own laurels you lot.

  By the way, for what it's worth, I think the Kona Paddywagon is a good but, but you'll find the tyres are puncture magnets, the saddle an armchair and the stem isn't reversible without having the word "Kona" upside down on it.
  Oh, and it comes with a silly chainguard that when removed reveals the chainring on the inside of the spider - it looks a bit strange.

  I've sorted all of the above (although I'm simply ignoring the stem and chainring issues) and love riding it, in fact I'm just about to have my ring expanded.