Timbone
Well-Known Member
I keep riding my motorbike daily and I keep making improvements.
My frame has horizontal dropouts (like those on a track bicycle) and I had the recurring problem of the right (pedal) side of the rear wheel scooting forward over time, leading to a loose pedal chain and all the frustrating effects that come with that (chain skip, chain drop, etc).
What I needed were those chain tug things and I saw some online for almost $20, plus shipping. Funk Dat!
I went to the hardware store and picked up a pair of threaded rod eyelets ($1.50) made of stainless steel. I ground down one side of the eyelet to thick washer width and bent the rod very slightly towards the ground side.
My dropouts are 1/4" wide and run a full inch from top end to bottom end. I couldn't find any kind of stamped bracket to serve as the stop end. All I really need is a small rectangular box with a small hole in the center, something I could not find. But I did find a 3/16" hanger bolt set ($2.98) that was really two strong pieces of rectangular channel 3/16"wide and 2" long - and a center hole that was threaded. I ground out the threads in the center hole, and it works perfectly as a stop for the tug. That's not going anywhere!
I am going to run this on the pedal side for a while as the motor drive side seems very happy where it is.
If anyone needs photos I can provide them.
Timbone.
My frame has horizontal dropouts (like those on a track bicycle) and I had the recurring problem of the right (pedal) side of the rear wheel scooting forward over time, leading to a loose pedal chain and all the frustrating effects that come with that (chain skip, chain drop, etc).
What I needed were those chain tug things and I saw some online for almost $20, plus shipping. Funk Dat!
I went to the hardware store and picked up a pair of threaded rod eyelets ($1.50) made of stainless steel. I ground down one side of the eyelet to thick washer width and bent the rod very slightly towards the ground side.
My dropouts are 1/4" wide and run a full inch from top end to bottom end. I couldn't find any kind of stamped bracket to serve as the stop end. All I really need is a small rectangular box with a small hole in the center, something I could not find. But I did find a 3/16" hanger bolt set ($2.98) that was really two strong pieces of rectangular channel 3/16"wide and 2" long - and a center hole that was threaded. I ground out the threads in the center hole, and it works perfectly as a stop for the tug. That's not going anywhere!
I am going to run this on the pedal side for a while as the motor drive side seems very happy where it is.
If anyone needs photos I can provide them.
Timbone.