- Chains on single speeds
Advice needed.
Built up my first SS yesterday (Inbred) & am having troubple with chain length/tension. It’s a slotted dropout frame & I have chain tugs but there’s not enough adjustment on them when using a normal 3/32 chain.
Is it possible to put a single half-link in to resolve this?
Any other suggestions/cures?
Posted 5 years agoYes.
Though like Unicorn poop, there seems to be a worldwide shortage of half links……
DrP
Posted 5 years agoIs it possible to put a single half-link in to resolve this?
In a word, yes though I can’t recall whether you can get half links for 3/32 so you may need a 1/8″ chain.
Posted 5 years agoI got my half links from tredz, they do both 1/8 and 3/32, took about a week to arrive but finally sorted out the chain tension issues on my slot dropout inbred. From memory I think SJS cycles sell them too. Have a little google around.
Posted 5 years ago
HTHThanks – ordered a 1/2 link in 3/32 😉
Posted 5 years agoI had something similar on mine, when using the on one tugs, getting rid of them and using the surly one fixed the matter
Posted 5 years agoOK – so I’m wrong….SJS do have them in stock….
Though, £2.50 postage is crippling me…..
DrP
Posted 5 years agoCharlie normally has them in stock.
Posted 5 years agoI modified the chain tugs on mine with a file to allow more fore-aft adjustment.
Posted 5 years ago£2.50 is fookin’ outrageous 😯 I think I paid £1.79 or something, although planning on having that payed off in 3-6 months 😉
They work really well, just be careful not to knock the pin thru too far etc. Gave me perfect tension, WITH the axle exactly where I wanted it in the dropout 5mm out from min so’s it didnt feel like a barge on the handling stakes.
Posted 5 years agoI’ve done a bit of debt switching, and opened up a new 14 month 0% APR credit card, and gone ahead with the purchase….
DrP
Posted 5 years agoYou could use slightly different ratios, eg up/down a tooth at either end.
Posted 5 years agoJust buy a half link chain.
Posted 5 years agoOr use a phantom chainring.
Posted 5 years ago
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