After bending my derailleur for the 3rd time, I've said FU to gear stacks.
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have to ask...what happens when you bend that sucker?
I stick a bar through my bottom bracket like MX foot pegs and run chainless.
we need to go to whiteface
hows that workin for ya?
what bike is that on? i don't recognize the frameset.
what bike is that on? i don't recognize the frameset.
You gave up on dérailleurs on the 3rd one? Someones got no patience.
haha, 3rd times a charm. Just a pain in the ass for a shuttle bike.
The whole bike for those that haven't seen it.
take the dogbone link out of the i-drive mechanism and make it a URT. Then you can nix the tensioner too!
Then It would just be an eccentric BB and I could get perfect chain tension.....
Don't think I want a 6" travel URT...
wtf were you doing to bend the derailluer that badly? My Ruckus had no problem with anything on most trails in Santa Cruz area. Are there that many rocks where you live? BTW mine rode beautifully. The handling was really great at being tossed around and balanced to be steered with the rear brake.
I do this thing where I fall down rock faces and crash into trees, logs, rocks, and friends that fall in front of me. Somewhere in there they seem to get bent...
New England is all rocks.
I love the bike. The rear pivot leaves a bit to be desired in the stiffness department, but I think I'll engineer some bigger stiffer bearings into it if I decide to keep the bike. I already replaced the bushings with oil impregnated bronze ones, which made a world of difference, but it could still be better. Winter project.
maybe you should reconsider ballet, with that little pirouette you did down the rock face at jiminy. I hear slippers are cheaper than derailleurs. 
I am the epitome of grace and style in my ejection techniques.maybe you should reconsider ballet, with that little pirouette you did down the rock face at jiminy. I hear slippers are cheaper than derailleurs.
What I can't believe is that the der. hanger is still straight enough to mount anything to. I resurrected it at least twice before I put a saint der. on there, and once after.
She looks good, welcome to the dark side. Don't you just love the un-cluttered bars?
She looks good, welcome to the dark side. Don't you just love the un-cluttered bars?
w00dy, whats up brah, so how are you liking that singlespeed setup, i know you have done a ton of riding on it now...i was toying with this last winter...thinking about it again...
give us some feedback
give us some feedback
If all you're using a bike for is recreation on lift access terrain I no longer see any need to run multiple gears. I love the quiet simplicity. Mostly it's just the low maintenance that'll keep me running what I've got.
2.5 mos at whistler without so much as a skip. No dropped chains, no smashed deraillers, and a gear that was, if not perfect, always predictable.
2.5 mos at whistler without so much as a skip. No dropped chains, no smashed deraillers, and a gear that was, if not perfect, always predictable.
Gear Stacks?
that was a damn good idea. I had to do the same
yeah, same as squadracorse's.
once, when the chain was a little too long. It's been fine since I shortened it.
I was going for the cheap cost since i already had the cranks. if there is a cheap source of bashguards let me know.
once, when the chain was a little too long. It's been fine since I shortened it.
I was going for the cheap cost since i already had the cranks. if there is a cheap source of bashguards let me know.
I put the Yess thingy on my B'rocket. I found the spring to be a little weak and allowed the chain to slap too much. I put a 990 brake spring in it, really stiffens it up. I run a 24/12 gear combo, really like single speed. Yess can be difficult to get in touch with however.
does the 990 brake spring allow the same range of movement?
and where can I get one? I could use a little more tension on the chain.
and where can I get one? I could use a little more tension on the chain.
Very Coolthat was a damn good idea. I had to do the same
We pretty much have the same build
The 990 spring has tits in a different location from the yess spring but allows the same motion with way more tension. The spring comes from a 990 bmx rear brake, they are available aftermarket as spare parts (try danscomp.com). It required a little tapping of the existing holes due to the wire gauge of the spring.