New project: Gossamer the Bike!

[bunnyman666]

The flexy, felt like it was well-used chain DID inspire one addition: a proper chain guide. I did order one last night, but something tells me that I may be doing some engineering to make it work.

 

[bunnyman666]

I have ordered THREE separate chain guides for Gossi. One mounts to the front mech mount. Another mounts on the chain stay with a dab of double side tape and zip ties. I can’t remember how the other mounts, but I figure if it doesn’t work in one instance, it can work somewhere else. My main concern is chain suck, so I mounted some plastic to a part of the crank to act as an additional chain guide (no pix, yet). I am using Kydex, which has many great properties (I use this material for my puck foils on my goalie pads). I will likely refine my design. The wide/narrow profile can actually become quite noisy in light of me not using a rear mech hanger to use a set of pulleys to tension up the chain. I elected not to try to use a half-link chain. The problem is that with the drop outs designed for a multi-speed set up, tensioning the chain is not quite as easy. These are just the challenges that occur on multi-speed frames adapted to using single speed drivetrains.

 

[bunnyman666]

Stopped the chain jump with one home-grown and another commercially available devise so the chain doesn’t get sucked between the crank and BB; my challenge now is getting a bit more tension on the chain. I have always had a challenge when going single speed on a bike built for mechanisms.

 

[Captain Awesome]

I got a few of those 3D printed chain guides as well. They work pretty decent for being so basic. They do eat thru relatively quickly though

 

[bunnyman666]

I got a few of those 3D printed chain guides as well. They work pretty decent for being so basic. They do eat thru relatively quickly though

Mine came with an extra piece, so we know why