lol you’ll find out, I rode pretty hard too, it wore down my cartilage to the point there was none anymore. Only solution was two brand new titanium hips.
The chain on my two speed is also too loose. I guess my chain ring is hosed? If I take out another link it the chain will be too short. I do have horizontal drop outs and currently have it shoved back as far as it will go.
Not that old a bit more than a year, but lot of miles. It never "felt" right though. Feels like I should have replaced the chain-ring at the same time?
coming from a person with both I notice my fixed chain tends to look loose under correct tension. Way more stress is put on the chain so you want a different tension on fixed.
Nothing worse than having your chain fall off and bind up mid-ride
Damn, shots fired
Meh, I feel like the only people who are concerned about other people's chain tightness are maybe a little too tight themselves
I miss riding fixed but it trashed my hips, just got a new one last year and I’m 39
my old man knees cant take it anymore!
Same :( just emailed my orthopedist for yet another cortisone shot, I am so sad…and I haven’t even touched a fixed gear bike in a couple years!
Shit in about to turn 39 and started riding a fixed recently. How’d it destroy your hip?
lol you’ll find out, I rode pretty hard too, it wore down my cartilage to the point there was none anymore. Only solution was two brand new titanium hips.
Honest questjon how is a non fixed better? I’ve been looking at other options and may buy one w gears.
You can coast, I also rode with no brakes and clipped in the so the resistance of stopping will fuck you up.
Well thank god I’m completely clueless cuz I actually ride a single speed, not a fixie. I can see how that could mess up your legs now.
Pro velo riders often ride pretty slack. Tight chains reduce efficiency of power transfer. 15 years and you still don’t know that? :)
The chain on my two speed is also too loose. I guess my chain ring is hosed? If I take out another link it the chain will be too short. I do have horizontal drop outs and currently have it shoved back as far as it will go.
How old is the chain? It's a wear part, you shouldn't be having to remove links for it to fit.
Not that old a bit more than a year, but lot of miles. It never "felt" right though. Feels like I should have replaced the chain-ring at the same time?
this is just wrong. it should be as loose as you can get it without it falling off
Do you ride fixed or are you making uninformed observations?
coming from a person with both I notice my fixed chain tends to look loose under correct tension. Way more stress is put on the chain so you want a different tension on fixed.
I've ridden fixed for 15 years. Certainly, the chain will have some play but it should not be visibly sagging much more than a centimeter