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Chainstay inside cog or left chainstay only for belt drive?

Old 10-26-22, 10:13 PM
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Chainstay inside cog or left chainstay only for belt drive?

Hi
The gates carbon drive needs a broken frame to allow belt pass thru.
Has anyone ever built a frame where the chain runs completely outside the chainstay?

Most bikes are like:
Wheel / cog/cassette + chain / chainstay
I'm asking about:
Wheel / chainstay / cog/cassette + chain
Would it work?

What about left chainstay only?
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Old 10-27-22, 01:11 AM
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With bikes, everything has been done. Literally.

Rob English has done this with a single sided rear end too.

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Old 10-27-22, 04:02 AM
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There's always this:

https://flic.kr/p/2nS599h
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Old 10-27-22, 07:49 AM
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An elevated chain stay is more common than a double chain stay or split chain stay. I seem to recall that elevated chain stays got a bad reputation for some reason, but they became popular in a time when I wasn't paying attention to cycling fads. They have come back.
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I suppose i should have 'd...
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I don't know why you would need a smiley, an elevated chain stay is one common way of doing this. That split chain stay is weird enough I want to build one. Maybe with a Cambio Corsa drive train.
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Originally Posted by unterhausen
I don't know why you would need a smiley, an elevated chain stay is one common way of doing this. That split chain stay is weird enough I want to build one. Maybe with a Cambio Corsa drive train.
Well, I was mostly posting it with a wink and a nod, not expecting the OP to actually consider such an unusual design. I was mildly surprised when it seemed to posted a serious response.
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