Fixed Gear Chain Slack

What happens with too much slack in your chain on a fixed gear

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Fixed Gear
• Cycling

[easternelement10]

I had to "like" this video, my reasoning being that I liked the fact that 0 people "liked" it and 9 people "disliked" it! hahaha

[RAYPBCHZ]

so tight it sounds like its about to explode.

[yvesofzo]

That chainring is nearly egg shaped!

[80sbuttrock]

You mean too little slack, right?

[danosdotnl]

whats happens? youtube happens!

[delnuggets]

im using it how it should be. everything is mechanically correct... bootlegging it is just not right haha. not to mention lame. just do it right. plenty of problems can be avoided

[wayfarin]

@delnuggets

well if we aren't supposed to go against how bikes 'should be', you shouldn't be using a bike designed for a track on the road at all.

[delnuggets]

Not really. You're missing out bigtime on a conversion. The lazy geometry gives just can't compare to the track geometry. The only acceptable conversions are TT bikes. But only because they look amazing. Even in that case, that goes against how the bike should be. I don't see why everyone wants to convert road bikes. It just makes them slower and less efficient

[wayfarin]

point taken. but there is a range of conversion quality. i love mine in all its heavy glory.

[delnuggets]

Well yeah. But thats pretty lame. Road bikes shouldn't be fixed gears. I used to ride a conversion before I got a track bike and my chain would come off far too often, even though it was aligned almost perfectly. Road bikes just aren't meant to have a fixed wheel. It's alright if you don't ride much and don't mind riding a sketchy bike.