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[Closed] How does hub spacing affect chainsaw length?

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 Gunz
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There's a good chance I'm being thick here but I've just read the Trek review on the home page which states that the 148mm hub spacing allows for shorter chain stays. I can't visualise how this makes a difference, could somebody please explain?


 
Posted : 31/10/2016 5:43 pm
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The wider the hub, the more material to chop up, thus a longer 'saw is needed.


 
Posted : 31/10/2016 5:45 pm
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It's purely down to Pythagoras; A hypotenuse of fixed length with an increasing opposite length leads to a shorter adjacent length...by the tiniest margin...


 
Posted : 31/10/2016 5:47 pm
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It's all to do with trunk diameter.


 
Posted : 31/10/2016 5:51 pm
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Just means more chain to sharpen.
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Posted : 31/10/2016 5:53 pm
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You bought the wrong chain.


 
Posted : 31/10/2016 6:00 pm
 Gunz
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Oh darn it, check before sending. Thank you Daffy, that makes sense (must be a pretty small difference).


 
Posted : 31/10/2016 6:09 pm
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It's not the hub per se, it's moving the chainline out by 3mm that does it.


 
Posted : 31/10/2016 6:09 pm
 Gunz
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So the chainring is further out of the way and the tyre can move in, got it cheers.


 
Posted : 31/10/2016 6:18 pm