Gang,
Sorry for a newbie question, but here it goes.
I bought a late 30's/early 40's Gambles Hiawatha. I bought it without the chain, so I am now hunting for a skip tooth. I measured the front chainring and teeth are 1" apart so I believe I need a 1" spaced chain? (which from what I read is fairly standard). However, I have no idea how to determine the amount of links.
Is there a trick to figuring the amount links I need. Just measure with a string and take that number and that's the amount of links I need?
Here's the setup in question.
Thanks for any help!!
Sorry for a newbie question, but here it goes.
I bought a late 30's/early 40's Gambles Hiawatha. I bought it without the chain, so I am now hunting for a skip tooth. I measured the front chainring and teeth are 1" apart so I believe I need a 1" spaced chain? (which from what I read is fairly standard). However, I have no idea how to determine the amount of links.
Is there a trick to figuring the amount links I need. Just measure with a string and take that number and that's the amount of links I need?
Here's the setup in question.
Thanks for any help!!
...I had one that I bought 20 years ago that fit. I broke it, and bought another that I thought was the same... and it didn't fit. I bought a high dollar Park for BMX, ...doesn't fit. The main issue is that the diameter of the bushing around the skippy rivit is larger. And if the tool is made to cradle that bushing tightly, the larger skippy bushing won't fit in. The safest bet is to buy one that doesn't try to cradle the bushing at all, but forces you to line it up by sight.
