Grrr chains
Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 2:12 pm
I decided to lower the gearing on the Europa. She's currently running a 3/32" sprocket and chain (because I didn't know any better when I did the conversion) and the spare cog is a 1/8" (bought for my son's conversion after I'd discovered I can run an 1/8" chain on the 3/32 chainrings). Dura Ace cogs are about $30 and hard to get in 3/32, 1/8" chains cost about $10 and are available everywhere.
So decided to fit the 1/8" cog and buy a 1/8" chain. Easy - I was at the shop buying a seat post for the old girl anyway.
So, I get home yesterday. Messed about with the seat setup till the shops shut. Screwed off the old sprocket (gee, my tightening method really did work **grunt grunt** - cogs have to be tight when you're running a suicide hub). Screwed on the new sprocket. Pulled the new chain out of the box - and it's a nice shiny one too, not the dull black . Laid the chain over the cogs ... and the rotten thing is about three links too SHORT
When was the last time you bought a chain that was too short? They're usually about 6" too long. Grrrr.
Shops shut.
Drove to four today - all shut (it being sunday).
So now I'm trying to decide whether to swipe the chain off the lad's BMX for the Europa (near new and I've got spare links to lengthen it) and place the new one on his bike, or wait till tomorrow ... when I won't have time to get to the shops.
Yes, I did think of adding my spare links to the new chain but they are a different brand and a different shaped link (not to mention being black instead of chrome).
To cap it all off, it looks like it's going to rain anyway.
Stuff this, I might go work on the boat.
Richard
that's better - a good growl always does the heart good
So decided to fit the 1/8" cog and buy a 1/8" chain. Easy - I was at the shop buying a seat post for the old girl anyway.
So, I get home yesterday. Messed about with the seat setup till the shops shut. Screwed off the old sprocket (gee, my tightening method really did work **grunt grunt** - cogs have to be tight when you're running a suicide hub). Screwed on the new sprocket. Pulled the new chain out of the box - and it's a nice shiny one too, not the dull black . Laid the chain over the cogs ... and the rotten thing is about three links too SHORT
When was the last time you bought a chain that was too short? They're usually about 6" too long. Grrrr.
Shops shut.
Drove to four today - all shut (it being sunday).
So now I'm trying to decide whether to swipe the chain off the lad's BMX for the Europa (near new and I've got spare links to lengthen it) and place the new one on his bike, or wait till tomorrow ... when I won't have time to get to the shops.
Yes, I did think of adding my spare links to the new chain but they are a different brand and a different shaped link (not to mention being black instead of chrome).
To cap it all off, it looks like it's going to rain anyway.
Stuff this, I might go work on the boat.
Richard
that's better - a good growl always does the heart good