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[Closed] Chains and rings: 1/8th chain and chainring, 3/32 sprocket

 nbt
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Does anyone have personal experience of this? Is it a goer?

Am "upgrading" to a middleburn uno which is 1/8th pitch chainring, obviously I'll need a new chain to match - will I be ok with a 3/32 sprocket at the back? If not can anyone point me to a source of reasonably priced 1/8 sprockets to fit a shimano freehub, please? Either 19 or 20 tooth.

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Posted : 27/03/2014 9:47 am
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Works fine here.


 
Posted : 27/03/2014 9:50 am
 D0NK
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use 1/8th chain with 3/32 hardware all the time, no probs (except for sram pc1 obviously)


 
Posted : 27/03/2014 9:57 am
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Pitch is the distance between the roller centres, which on all (modern) bicycle chains is 1/2 inch.
1/8 or 3/32 refers to the width of the chain/sprockets. A 1/8" chain is wider than a 3/32" so will fit over a 3/32" sprocket without any issue.


 
Posted : 27/03/2014 10:05 am
 nbt
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sorry my bad on pitch vs width. I know a 1/8th chain will fit over a 3.32 sprocket, I'm more concerned that on a singlespeed setup the chain may "wobble" on the sprocket and come off


 
Posted : 27/03/2014 10:13 am
 P20
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Mine worked fine when I had that set up


 
Posted : 27/03/2014 10:19 am
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Not if it's tensioned properly. The difference is 1/32nd of an inch. 0.79mm.

**** all.


 
Posted : 27/03/2014 10:23 am
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It will work fine. I run one of these though

[url= http://www.charliethebikemonger.com/halo-fat-foot-18-singlespeed-cog-1419-p.asp ]Fat Cog[/url]


 
Posted : 27/03/2014 10:58 am
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No issue when I ran exactly that fixed.


 
Posted : 27/03/2014 11:00 am