Tip for you: chain tensioning technique
02-15-24, 08:27 AM
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I realized it was a zombie thread when I opened it but it made for some entertaining reading to go with my morning coffee.
02-15-24, 08:44 AM
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too tight and no good, bearings take a hit oops. Skipping is too slack and stretched, time to fit a new chain before sprocket deformation. Good wrap utilises more teeth, equating to less wear.
Riding style can accelerate wear more rapidly.
Wheelie kings eat chains as does snatching.
Riding style can accelerate wear more rapidly.
Wheelie kings eat chains as does snatching.
02-16-24, 12:39 AM
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I won't repeat the above, except to agree, that an overly tight chain can cost damage to expensive components like hubs.
I will also add, first, that the wider the chain, the less it likes to be bent laterally, and single speed chains are wider than derailleur chains.
Second, using high chain tension to delay replacement, is foolish. When the chain stretches due to wear, it will also "wear in" the cogs and chainrings to the same spacing, and then when you finally put on a new chain, the cogs skip, and you need to replace that. More expensive with a cassette, although IGH hubs, I'll bet, have some expensive sprockets. Chains are cheaper, most especially single speed chains. Clean, lube, and replace when stretched beyond spec.
Lastly, FBinNY, from the posts of his I have seen, has vast bike wrenching experience, I don't know his background, but I see knowledge in his comments, on very wide-ranging bike issues, so my guess is he wrenched bikes for a living. I'm an engineer, so can logic some stuff out, even make a contribution based on the science of the problem.
EDIT: Sorry, just realized this was a zombie thread, recently resurrected.
I will also add, first, that the wider the chain, the less it likes to be bent laterally, and single speed chains are wider than derailleur chains.
Second, using high chain tension to delay replacement, is foolish. When the chain stretches due to wear, it will also "wear in" the cogs and chainrings to the same spacing, and then when you finally put on a new chain, the cogs skip, and you need to replace that. More expensive with a cassette, although IGH hubs, I'll bet, have some expensive sprockets. Chains are cheaper, most especially single speed chains. Clean, lube, and replace when stretched beyond spec.
Lastly, FBinNY, from the posts of his I have seen, has vast bike wrenching experience, I don't know his background, but I see knowledge in his comments, on very wide-ranging bike issues, so my guess is he wrenched bikes for a living. I'm an engineer, so can logic some stuff out, even make a contribution based on the science of the problem.
EDIT: Sorry, just realized this was a zombie thread, recently resurrected.
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02-16-24, 02:36 AM
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Though half way through the OP’s post I got to “so you don’t have to replace the chain until it snaps” and struggled to hold onto all the coffee.
Ref the Google AI comment - the necromancer’s 2 posts (welcome by the way!) have a very particular style which doesn’t look like GenAI to me.
