chain tensioner

[jamesp]

we saw this in a mag so gave it a go works well







and my bike ;D

[reanimation]

Saw that too. Its meant to stop cranks spinning. mid air, mid no foot etc Just need some Gusset levelling pedals now

[perry]

crazy

do i win anything for spotting the sport lever and pro closed 2 pot

is that bmx all red oxide ?


looks sweet m8

and stopping the cranks spinning just isnt cricket is it

[Ether]

What about crank flips? Such a subltle move, so much potential for shin shredding.

[perry]

you mean such a gash worthless trick lol

didnt it die in 03 !? when everyone had they're chains dragging on the floor lol

i did 15 in a row and left it at that ! might bust one out now and then just cos the kids getting into it now rarely see em lol

tip - have your leading foot raised and flick back or slide leading foot off pedal while pushing down and to the side the other foot

ive seen feet get trapped under pegs , not cool !

[rob0r]

Sweet bike and nice trick, hadn't seen that before. Used to own a metalhead? I always wanted that frame.

[street]

Wow i've never seen that before! So the chainring just stays in place yeah? Suppose it would now that I think about it, don't know why I never thought of it myself! Gonna stick one on the ghetto trials bike ASAP

[popuptoaster]

Why don't you just make the chain the right length for the bike?

[perry]

"Why don't you just make the chain the right length for the bike?"

rofl

you don't ride do you lol

the cranks and rear wheel are a fixed length on james bike ( vertical dropouts as opposed to a "breezer" bmx type that is slotted "horizontal " )

a chain by use will stretch , a fraction of a mm on a single link over 30 links is a lot of slop

if by a stroke of luck you got your chosen gearing to match the chainstay length after a few rides the chain will stretch and the chains coming off

so there must be a way of adjustability

i cant see how that method is adjustable though

ftw you can calculate the gearing needed for the length of the chainstay and for tension either file the dropout a few mm or use a qr axle cut down so only the qr is in the dropout , gaining a vital few mm

or buy an s&m cruiser like you wish you had in the first place ;D

[jamesp]

perry said:

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a chain by use will stretch , a fraction of a mm on a single link over 30 links is a lot of slop



I cant see how that method is adjustable though

you adjust it useing bigger /smaller rings i work in a bike shop so they don't cost any thing ;D

[popuptoaster]

wasnt being funny, I missed the bmx craze when it arrived (already had 10 speed racers with cowhorns, post office bike wheels and comfy seats cos I'm old and lanky) so all the bikes I had since about age 7 had gears on the back and didnt realise people took the deralier (sp?) springy thingy off them

[devilishdesigner]

that is an f'ing brilliant little idea. have to make sure it is small enough that it wont flip out sideways, but definitely a cool idea.

[Tim]

nice - ghost rings can be a pain to get correct - watch out for it jumping teeth and moving forward with time, sometimes happens even though it seems impossible - like most ss stuff - are you using a half link as well to get the tension correct?

i ride too, although my (eccentric hubbed) SS has been nicked :-(

[rmad]

I can't quite explain it, but isn't there several reasons that won't work for very long, if at all?

[Tim]

chain stretch would be one :-)

[jamesp]

it can only streach so far

and i have unlimeted sizes to swap over with ;D

[Ether]

I still knock 'em out, they're great fun - the perfect way to punctuate a cheeky hop to manual.

I don't know what tricks you kids are doing inbetween drinking cider at the local skatepark, but it seems crankflips aren't one of them. Enlighten me - has it gone all brakeless nose manuals and 180s out of everything?

Is it mandatory for today's BMXers to dress like they're in an indy band, too? And why do all the trailers for the new Props etc vids have such woefully over the top pouting, arty closeups of the riders?

[perry]

the kids have far exceded anything i can ever do , its all about tailwhips while rolling down the street

grinds up rails

yep brakeless nose wheelies are all over the place

theres a lot of going slow now , but thats mostly because its all got a bit tech but there are people doing the tech stuff fast and big , so it wont be long before its about going fast again

fashions come and go , I'm glad the happy mondays 90s are gone as those big jeans only got stuck in the chain or rear wheel lol but I'm still not fond of the reallly tight curse word going on

pretty much all "street" is brakeless now , which i don't mind as its a free way of riding and gives more control , just means youve gotta have big balls to spin the gearing out at a blind gap

i remember when street was what we all did once it was too dark to ride at the trails lol

but trails are pretty much dead because everyone wants stuff to ride handed to them

but thats understandable when you have a few winters worth of digging for 8 hours a day in the rain flattened

ive seen two of my old trails turned into houses , that accounts to 12 sets of doubles and the gaps were upto 15ft so that was a lot of digging and a lot of peoples good times shut down , you just don't get that kinda hassle on the street or at a skatepark

as for props i havnt seen any newer than 12 lol for decent core riding you have to seek out the independent stuff coming out of the large cities like sheffield , leeds , london etc

[Tim]

because BMXers are incredibly vain? :-)

[perry]

if its vain to ride a childs bike and be ridiculed by the general public while wearing a 7 year old hoody on the grounds that its still good to go and all available money has been spent on new parts . being covered in cuts/bruises and constantly being filthy i guess so

but its probably linked to the love of old cars as were all a bit tapped in the swede lol