self stained cork grips
vitoria tires
persons leather saddle
orgin 8 42 tooth chainwheel
Submitted by jp
simply a classic
Posted on June 17th 2009
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19 Comments Received
June 17th, 2009 @2:18 pm
chain tensioner? lame!
December 2nd, 2009 @7:06 am
Badass other than the chain tensioner, which I think is totally pointless, and the more futile rear brake. You don’t need disc brakes on a car’s rear axle if it already has drum brakes. Why?–you ask. Because it’s redundant.
December 3rd, 2009 @12:09 am
Well, Luft… congrats on your 1,000th dumb ass comment. I bet you don’t even have a fixed gear bike, you just like to come on here and “cyber pose”. The reason that there is a brake on the rear is that this is either a single speed (NOT a fixed gear) or this person NEVER back pedals. How do I know this? Simple, ANYONE who owns and RIDES a fixed gear knows that trying to back pedal with a chain tensioner is a sure way to tear up ur drivetrain and/or eat $h!t in 2 seconds flat. Why don’t you go test it out? Cyberposer.
December 3rd, 2009 @9:34 am
Kumai is right yo!
December 3rd, 2009 @11:01 am
Car posters?
January 2nd, 2010 @10:31 pm
Chain tensioner are for derailer set ups. Buy a chain breaker and adjust the chain and be fixed gear. Front brake and backpedaling should slow you down on a true fixie. The bike otherwise looks super.
January 2nd, 2010 @10:32 pm
Chain tensioners are for derailer set ups. Buy a chain breaker and adjust the chain and be fixed gear. Front brake and backpedaling should slow you down on a true fixie. The bike otherwise looks super.
April 8th, 2010 @8:14 pm
Those chain tensioners are for Frames with Vertical dropouts. It bolts into the Derailleur hanger, thus it is impossible to use this one with a “derailer set up”. With a vertical drop out, you can not always get a properly tensioned chain just by shortening it. Sometimes you can with carefully selected cog and/or chainring or a halflink… or all of the above, but not always.
That being said. Even if this is a single speed with vertical dropouts and a chain tensioner, the chain could stand to be a bit shorter. No need to have it taking up THAT much slack. Shorten it up as much as possible then have the tensioner push up on the chain instead of pull down… more teeth on the cog will be engaged then.
April 8th, 2010 @8:31 pm
Can a rider back pedal with a tensioner ? I thought it was not possible . This must be a freewheel anyway.
April 9th, 2010 @12:37 am
No, It is still impossible. As Kumai stated above, the consequences would be dire. This is most likely a single speed and not a fixed gear. Which also explains the brake on the rear (though I would use both if it’s not fixed) as well as the pedals with no toe clips.
April 9th, 2010 @6:10 am
The thing is, redundancy is pointless in some cases (like saying pin number or atm machine), but as far as safety systems, redundancy is not only welcome, its detrimental. If you got into an elevator on an upper floor and the cable that pulls the compartment up and down snapped, it would be the redundant safety rails or chains that keep you from plummeting to your death. Another example is a tractor trailer having double sets of wheels. If they’re carrying a heavy payload and one tire in the back blows out on the highway, they have that second tire to support the trailer until the driver can get safely to the side of the road instead of the whole trailer dropping on one side and possibly tipping over on cars. Or something closer to home, you have two kidneys but only need one to operate. Redundancy, but if one of your kidneys ever failed you’d be really glad you have that redundant one to keep you going. I agree that redundancy is irritating in a lot of cases, but when it comes to safety its always good. It never hurts to have a backup plan.
April 9th, 2010 @7:45 am
you’re a fucking asshole, kumai. how many times do I have to say it? I own two fixed gears and do my own labor. just because you don’t agree with my comment doesn’t make me a fraud, it just makes you feel insecure. and there’s nothing that says this is a single speed and I can’t see a freewheel.
cs, this isn’t a failing kidney. and redundancy on a fixed gear would be double brakes, not a rear.
to all: I’ve seen fixed gears with tensioners.
April 9th, 2010 @8:24 am
Redundancy in a safety system is when one part or combination of parts kicks in to perform a particular task when the main part or combination of parts for that same task fail(s). If you look at the task of slowing and stopping on a bike as a whole I’d agree that two brakes would be considered the redundancy, but when you look at what each brake actually does, I would say they’re different because of how they shift your weight when you engage them. A rear brake on a fixed gear would be the redundant safety because back pedaling and braking in the back do the same task and affect the you and the bike in the same way. As it applies to this bike I would say its really important to have that redundancy because of the chain tensioner (if this is a fixed gear and not just a single speed). If you take off that redundancy, you’re basically just waiting for your accident.
April 9th, 2010 @10:14 am
what I’m saying is, have a front brake. and if you have a fixed gear, learn how to break a chain for resizing or get a half link chain. chain tension isn’t impossible. and if its a single speed, I would either have double brakes or a coaster brake, not a rear brake and tensioner. it’s just a weird setup, that’s all I’m saying. I don’t really care what merriam webster has to say about redundancy.
kumai: you constantly question my legitimacy and whether I even own a fixed gear. funny, I don’t remember seeing your bike anywhere on here. but you remember the Raleigh SGP of course, rated at 6.26 with 35 comments. that’s one of my two.
April 9th, 2010 @10:36 am
Merriam webster doesn’t give that as a definition, it’s just common sense logic. It seemed like you weren’t looking at the bike logic in the same way so I pointed it out rather than just giving a snarky reply. Glad you could do the same.
April 9th, 2010 @10:51 am
Luft, Kumai took his ball and left the playground a while back. You may already know this and may be defending yourself as you’re running into his comments….which I’d do too. That guy was all hate. Maybe he gets a lot of flats.
April 9th, 2010 @1:14 pm
Chill out Luftmensh, I should take my own advice. It is not worth flipping out over a snarkster you reduce yourself to their level. I have this problem myself. The tensioner is crap in my short book on fixed wheel. Break the chain and half link is close enough for most things I have encountered . How many rear drops are vertical anyway? The tensioner looks goofy and can you really back pedal against it without self destructing ?
April 9th, 2010 @1:39 pm
I’m guessing JP has never broken a chain and we should send him 6 bucks and he can buy a cheapo chain breaker. My 2nd hand 5 dollar freebie works just fine. Can’t tell for sure in the photo but the drops look more horizontal than vertical.
April 9th, 2010 @2:00 pm
got my cool back.
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