Re: [CR] Dumb track bike question

(Example: Racing:Beryl Burton)

Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 13:57:26 +0100
From: "M-gineering" <info@m-gineering.nl>
Cc: CR List <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR] Dumb track bike question


David Bean wrote:
> I don't see why a 1/2" chain should be anything but heavier than its 3/32"
> equivalent. It has the same side plates, but shorter pins and rollers (with
> the same diameter as the wider chain). Yet the heavier chain and its
> somewhat thicker cog and chainring seems preferred by otherwise
> weight-weenie track racers. Am I missing something?
>
> David Bean
> Arlington, MA USA
> beandk at are-see-enn dot com
>

Thicker chainrings are much stiffer and stronger, and you don't need a chain optimized for derailling.

Min weight is 6.8 kgs, so weightwatching is fairly unimportant

-- mvg

Marten Gerritsen
Kiel Windeweer
Netherlands