S/S chain question!

[guero]

right you are kid_a that is my old truck, and my old bike...

[Burner]

Originally Posted by Kid A

G- funny that this pic was on front page as started to read this post. that is your old rig, right?

also funny that you referred to his huckler as an old "rig"

[TURNERob]

Yes he misses his Hucker.....especially on the Luge!

[guero]

Thanks to sarsBOATS I now have a new thing to ponder...

Originally Posted by TURNERob

Yes he misses his Hucker.....especially on the Luge!

and lynx, not so much rock-it though, not enough studder bumps to miss the huckler on that trail.

[1x1clyde]

Originally Posted by dstepper

The Path will have a better choice of Single Speed parts. Be carefull in there, it is hard getting out...leave your credit card at home.

You know Dean, there are other shops besides the coveted Path I do have a family to feed . Did the Path help out Jose on his new Eno bling? Bret's Kick Ass Cog? Ask and you shall receive! I am helping make my shop a SS friendly spot since that is what I do too

[Burner]

Do It!!!!

(the purple chain)

[guero]

Neil, you got connex to the purple kmc chain, do they have purple oury's also?

[Kid A]

Originally Posted by Burner

Do It!!!!

(the purple chain)

gonna have to replace all the nipples on the wheel set as well for purple

[guero]

Originally Posted by Kid A

gonna have to replace all the nipples on the wheel set as well for purple

i'll do that after i get my purple hubs

[Kid A]

Originally Posted by guero

i'll do that after i get my purple hubs

my bad, and here I thought you were gonna bang the yellow/gold hubs

[SAR_boats]

Originally Posted by guero

i'll do that after i get my purple hubs

And then get a decal that says "purple people eater" on it

[0gravity]

First, I should say I'm new to the whole single speed thing so take my advice lossely. That being said, my chain was way loose on my single speed road bike, I took two links out (I had to take 2, since it was some kind of BMX chain), which made it way too tight. So I solved the ish by aligning the wheel in the horizontal dropouts to where it would snug it up. That meant the wheel wasn't all the way snug in the back of the drops but rather about halfway. But it's cinched down tight and seems to do the trick. I wouldn't recommend this for a performance-oriented SS mountain bike but if it's just a city cruiser roadie this seems to work fine and less hassle than getting another chain, etc, etc. Eh...wha do I know. Chime in anybody if there's a good reason I shouldn't have done it this way. I feel like that's what the horizontal drops are for with SS bikes, for that adjustment. It's either that or buy a chain tensioner.

[guero]

Originally Posted by SAR_boats

And then get a decal that says "purple people eater" on it

lol, she is already dubbed, "purple_haze"....i did see somewhere that will do small runs of decals, i forget the place though.

0grav, my bike has an EBB and has vertical rear dropouts. thanks for the input though.

[SAR_boats]

Originally Posted by guero

lol, she is already dubbed, "purple_haze"....i did see somewhere that will do small runs of decals, i forget the place though.

There is a shop at the Block in Orange by the 22fwy that does custom vinyl decals.

[guero]

oh yeah, i've seen those lil' kiosks around the malls and swapmeets...maybe i can bring them and Illustrator EPS file of what I want and they can do it for me.

[SAR_boats]

I think so. They use a CAD program to make the graphics. It might need to be a Vector EPS file

[Kid A]

Originally Posted by guero

oh yeah, i've seen those lil' kiosks around the malls and swapmeets...maybe i can bring them and Illustrator EPS file of what I want and they can do it for me.

most def bring your own stuff you worked on and got tight the way u want it. I checked one of them out once a while back for a "gag gift" and it was amazing to see how long it took to get right, so i just aborted. i am not a perfectionist but as i am sure you know by your job once you make one mod everything else is impacted. Not sure what design packages they use or can accept but probably worth a shot if you dont want to buy sticker design app/software

[singleSSpeedster]

i have broken many shimano and sram chains....i personally feel the suck for ss use. also, the shimano and sram offerings stretch way too much for me.

if you do go sram, get an 8 speed chain or one of their ss chains.

i personally use a cheap ass $10 bmx kmc z chain from my lbs, i think it's a 1/8" chain. heavy, but it hasn't stretched much and hasn't broken on me. the box is exactly like the one you have pictured (but no purple in my bike).

also, not all ebb's are equal. some allow for a larger spread of gearing. i think the rig ebb isn't as "good" as the niner or bushnell ebb is terms of gearing range.

2 teeth on your rig sould be no problem though. go to niner bikes website, i think they have a page for ebb set up....it should help you.

[guero]

i got the hook ups on the purple chain

i know that you are thinking 2 teeth might not be an issue, but i believe that is the issue, i rotated the EBB all around and wasn't successful, i did actually get it on, but it was way to tight so i immediately took it off. i hunted around the niner site and didnt see anything that pertained to my minor problem.

[Kid A]

Originally Posted by guero

lol, she is already dubbed, "purple_haze

too late for purple nurple?