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Chain type and chain alignment for a fixie single speed
The single front chainring won't care about chain width, because it never sees the outside only the inside of the chain. Same goes for a single rear cog.
You do need the two to be aligned as well as ...
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Hydraulic sub brake lever as primary lever
No.
It has two ports, the one normally connecting to the main brake lever needs to be blocked.
If you somehow manage to block it. It's reservoir probably wouldn't be large enough to adjust for brake ...
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Should a track cog's asymmetrical lock ring be installed so the flat end faces the cog?
Install it text visible.
One way to know this is the intention is that the "<- 40Nm" would be lying if you flipped it.
I'm not totally sure why the design is like this. The only thing I ...
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The spin of crankset creates periodic sideways wobble of the whole bike. What is the problem?
The mystery is solved: this issue was caused by a defective non-driveside crank. Since I bought the frame without wheels, but with the BB and cranks installed, I trusted the seller that they were all ...
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Chain type and chain alignment for a fixie single speed
The photo looks like you have plenty of chainring to chainstay clearance to move the chainring inboard. If I'm doing the arithmetic correctly, a 68 x 107 UN55 would bring it in around 7.5 mm. There ...
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Fixed-gear bike: How to ride backwards?
I actually just learned how to ride backward with a fixed gear bike and it is not that hard. Took me in total 10 hours to learn how to go in a straight line. (A little bit harder than fakie on a BMX ...
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Dia-Compe Gran Compe shot lever - is there a fix for 31.8mm bars?
31.8 is the stem clamp diameter, this is known as oversized. The number that you are concerned with is usually 25.4 or 22.2. Further complicating this is that levers that mount almost up against the ...
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Should a track cog's asymmetrical lock ring be installed so the flat end faces the cog?
For the very smallest cogs, which I belive is 12-tooth, the chain can hit the lock-ring. The choice then is to make a thinner-diameter lock-ring to clear the chain, but that means the notches for the ...
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Fixed Gear crank arm slips
Late to the party, but I had exactly the same problem. My LBS identified and resolved the problem: the chainring's teeth were worn down so the chain was slipping over the teeth when I applied heavy ...
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