Re: [CR]Inch Pitch Chains- width

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Ideale)

Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 20:18:17 -0500
From: "Joe Bender-Zanoni" <joebz@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Inch Pitch Chains- width
To: Wspokes <wspokes@penn.com>, john barron- velostuf <jb@velostuf.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
References: <000c01c3aa27$0b51c2e0$6501a8c0@Velostuf> <001601c3aa9c$f3cfae40$6ad3fea9@wspokes>


This is a good tip from Walt but I also suspect it is roller chain and not block chain. I once went through every industrial catalog known to man and there were no options that beat finding old block chain.

Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ


----- Original Message -----
From: Wspokes
To: john barron- velostuf


<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 5:49 AM Subject: Re: [CR]Inch Pitch Chains- width


> Yes, I did....Thanks John...John knows, he's one of the fixed inch crowd!
> Thanks for pointing out my flub though Ken! I occasionally mix things up.
> Like I think I mentioned to you...I know the chain fits my campy cogs and my
> Williams chainrings. Thanks all
>
>
>
> Walt Skrzypek
> falls "we have SNOW" Creek, Pa
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "john barron- velostuf" <jb@velostuf.com>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 3:45 PM
> Subject: [CR]Inch Pitch Chains- width
>
>
> Walt-
>
> You meant 3/16" wide, right?
>
> John Barron
> Minneapolis MN
> http://www.velostuf.com
>
>
> Walt wrote:
>
> Yesterday there was some brief talk about inch pitch chains. They are hard
> to find and usually pricey. So here is a tip. I just helped the maintenance
> guys at work repair a salt throwing machine on one of the trucks using an
> inch pitch x 3/32 chain obtained from a local lawn tractor business. We
> stopped in, picked up about 200+ links from a large roll and paid $20 and
> got a couple master links included. So if you are looking for a quick "fix"
> block chain for low bucks, take your cogs down and size em up.
>
> Walter Skrzypek
> Falls Creek, Pa