3/32 or 1/8 drivetrain for flip flop hub?
10-09-18, 10:11 PM
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10-09-18, 11:23 PM
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I rode my first 50,000 miles fixed on a 3/32" chain. The chain fell off a number of times. Now, that bike was not a track bike, the parts were all road except the hub and cog. Cranksets were nothing fancy Sugino or SR. Rings and cogs were rideden year 'round and long after they were quite worn. (My winter/rain/city bike.) When it was time to replace the chainring, I decided to go 1/8" everything. Then I put together another fix gear, better parts except still a mediocre Sugino road crank, but 1'/8" That bike was a blast and I started doing crazy descents again. Did throw the chain once. Threw an 1/8" chain one other time on I forget which bike - completely my error. My custom fix gear with 1/3 of my 1/8" miles has never thrown a chain. My record of chain throws is far better since I went 1/8"
I know this isn't enough to convince anybody but I will never go back. (Yeah, I could do a track standard 3/32" and it would do just fine. But track standard isn't happening on two of my 3 fix gears and I refuse to have two (Edit
chain standards going. In every aspect save weight and parts availability, 1/8" is as good or better than 3/32". And with 1/8" rings not hard to find in 144 and 110 in a good selection of sizes and all cogs from 12 to 24 available, I'm good.Ben
10-09-18, 11:32 PM
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Break-in? No,that's how you get a higher gear when you forget your chainring tool (and yet another reason 1/8" is better). Stuck with that too small chainring? Just borrow your buddy's 3/32" chain. Bigger chain diameter because of that ride-up - bigger effective gear.
10-10-18, 08:37 AM
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10-10-18, 12:03 PM
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10-10-18, 12:40 PM
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10-10-18, 05:27 PM
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