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Looking forward to pictures and more out of you.

What.... in the name of God is that.....

The biggest 'difficulty' i can see is, well, I don't want to strip everything off. I like the color and finish that's already on there. I just want to black out the dropouts and the wheel facing sides of the front fork and rear triangle. that two tone approach, in my mind's eye, would add a bit...

That's what I did last time but.... there has to be better than ordering a direct from the manufacturer replacement. Hence, 'can't hurt to ask around.'

Basically try getting just that little bit more power than I'd get on a ring size i'm comfortable with since 'well it can't hurt so long as i get the orientation right, right?' As for the bike? The one from my intro, it's the only bike I have so 'yea yea it's not road or even particularly...

My poking at the matter has proven a lot of contradictory information on everything from installation to effectiveness to it even being a scam. Given my perennial limited funds I'd rather fish for information from a group of bashers than just throw money at the situation.

That's actually sorta the plan. Well technically it's my stepdad's scrap so it's getting reinvested in the farm. So like... That's why I didn't feel bad taking a few clips here and there. But so far so good, smooth riding. Just have to sort the back brakes, but for now I'm i na stable spot...

I tend to have mixed feelings there. Those bikes are stolen. Cops treat bike theft as a low/no priority and there is no standardized registry system for bikes. At least if you pick one up it'll go to a good home?

success! managed to fashion a better spacer. chainline isn't dead straight but like...it isn't falling off now. '...... i don't have money. wait there's a ton of woven wire fence that we're literally going to throw out and that wire is bendable and the straight bits in each woven square are...

Well I'm aggrivated because none of the existing spacers I've scavanged are giving a decent chainline. Chain keeps sliding off. On and on and it's an annoyance because i'm fumbling about when mostly I just want my bike to work. I got myself in this I'll get myself out of it. That said? Even...

Would prefer non-auction, non-FB/CL listings so I can bookmark for when I have money. Kinda split on if i want something that's intentionally single speed only, or with a freehub. I don't have a metric tape measure and my eyes aren't great at reading the small marks but I'm getting 5 5/8th...

Tooth washers? I'm not sure what you're talking about.

Indeed. I'm annoyed that all the single speed freewheels assume that the wheel is aligned for a straight chainline with a close to the wheel cog. I suppose for BMX that works. Surprises me that there aren't screw on freewheel to single speed adaptors that gives that same spline that conversion...

Eh I think it's just a difference between freewheels and free hubs. Annoying really but given normal people won't dismantle the things why bother with consistent spindle sizes? Beat me trying to figure out how to move spacers about to move the axel about then redish the wheel without any sort...

Some pictures. Shown in one is an 'empty' freewheel spindle. Another is with one small one large gear on. Third is with with the gears side by side to compare next to an overhead shot of the freehub body. And for bonus points. Shot of the bike as it now stands. Put the chain guard back on...

the shimano freewheel on my bike has two stages of central spendle sizing. The segment that currently matches the chainline is the smaller of the segments. Currently looking at splined single speed gears (because longer teeth) and I'm wonderinf if they'll fit the smalelr segment or larger. Gut...

At this point using it mostly as a journal documenting my first bike in twenty years. hoping i can get to properly test it soonish. I want to find out if this is a limpalong til I build back up, or a 'oh hey this is neat let's do something better than the redneck engineering right now.' Though...

Either i have fixed the chain drop issue, or I am closer than I have ever gotten to fixing it. there have been some concerning noises, but no actual drops... Yet. I haven't tried to stand and pedal yet though so it might still not be right. I'd done this by moving the chainring to the other side...

OK Good-ish news. Even though i am 90% sure I made a mistake with where i broke the chain at? Chain tension's correctly and the pin is still in that last link of the 'broken' section so THEORETICALLY I can put it back together. Additionally my redneck single speed gear works. Bad news: I have...

I am sortof at loose ends at the moment. I have a spare seven speed freewheel I'm about to knock the locking ring loose on because, mostly for giggles, lets see if I can make a redneck single speed. Now I'm thinking though. Can sprockets meant for cassets go on a freewheel spindle? See i like...