Skiptooth conversion

[No Talent Clown]

There is a seller on Ebay who has machined rear cogs to make newer hubs into skiptooths. Maybe I am late on this bandwagon, maybe not. I have it in my hands, I put it on a Nexus hub and a Sturmey (a little more effort somehow than the Nexus). I ran in through a couple chains with no problems. There was another listed, but I just bought it. maybe there will be abother soon. The seller is "skiptooth2" and the listing is "Vintage Bicycle Sprocket Prewar Bike Rat Bike Shimano ".

 

[anon]

What's the advantage of skiptooth sprockets?

Can't you just grind off every other tooth to make one?

 

[sensor]

you can but if youre running a real 1" pitch chain the cog width is 1/8" and a 1/2" pitch chain is 1/16"(these are just eye ball measurements...i didnt break out the mic and measure so i may be 1/64" off) so a skip on a standard cog will have some side play....as for advantage of running a 1" chain....there isnt any other than it has a cool sound and its not seen on every bike nowadays