|   new angle on SS | dave66
Jul 23, 2003 8:37 AM | | a preface before the purists kick the sh&t outta me, but i prefer to run QR and don't mind running an old derail for tensioner. Soo....
Trolling for opinions. go to my LBS [giant dealer] and buy an in stock Ranier or xtc but let the LBS pillage the bike for parts
derailleurs
chainrings
cassette [or just cogs]
levers [if just going Vee brake route]
would the price drop be worth it or would it be more cost effective to buy specific SS or build?
/D |
| re: new angle on SS | JRA
Jul 23, 2003 8:45 AM | | Buy used and pillage the bike yourself. :) |
| re: new angle on SS | slowSSer
Jul 23, 2003 10:05 AM | | I agree with JRA on that budget route, and Kieth Bontrager will also smile down upon you...
http://www.bontrager.com/keith/rants.asp?id=8
dumpter diving SS. hmm. fun project! |
| Yeah, go cheap! | GlowBoy
Jul 24, 2003 10:41 AM | | I've done it twice, very successfully. I agree with you about the QRs (although I can't stand derailleur drag). A cassette hub with spacers and a single cog works just fine, is cheap and versatile, and doesn't require you to deal with threaded hubs.
Hey, once you've gotten the bike working with a derailleur as a tensioner, at least try going tensionerless and see if you can get away with it. Maybe I've gotten lucky, but on my last bike I got 35x20 to work with a bit of dropout filing, and on my current one (semi-vertical dropouts this time) I can get both 34x20 and 36x18 to work with no hassles whatsoever. |
| what, they don't have garage sales out your way? | club
Jul 25, 2003 4:54 AM | | scrounging up an old frame and parts to turn into a sweet singlespeed IS the purist way to go, and that's how we all did it back before the yuppie scum boutique makers "discovered" the SS market. Good on ya.
I too prefer an old shortcage road derailleur as a tensioner. Benefits include: The ability to run two chainrings, as the cage takes up the excess chain without fiddling, unlike a tensioner.
Using a freehub and spacers, you can also run two or three rear cogs, using the barrel adjuster to quickly "shift" gears. I stuck a big rubber knob on mine, just because I found something that fit there. With a derailleur, chain line is less critical, so multiple rings and/or cogs needn't line up perfectly.
Couple o' tips: File the back end of the derailleur at the mounting bolt where it contacts the frame's hanger, so the derailleur wraps further forward and you get more chain wrap on the cog(s). Substitute toothless pulleys, they run much quieter. I scounged a pair from a 30 year old Huret Allvit (Schwinn Varsity spec) derailleur. |
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