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Chat => Sports, Hobbies & Motors => Topic started by: skidzilla on June 20, 2006, 13:25:08 PM

Title: End of the chain?
Post by: skidzilla on June 20, 2006, 13:25:08 PM

http://www.gizmag.co.uk/go/5764/

http://www.gizmag.co.uk/go/5764/gallery/

(http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/4451/5764200606100457jpg3vi.th.jpg) (http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/4451/5764200606100457jpg3vi.jpg)

Title: Re:End of the chain?
Post by: snellgrove on June 20, 2006, 13:29:41 PM

doesnt look very nice does it - not compact :lol:

and I wonder how much it weighs.

are there any details on how you change gear with it, I found the article a bit lacking in details.

Title: Re:End of the chain?
Post by: skidzilla on June 20, 2006, 13:38:22 PM

(http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/7976/gearshifter4sz.jpg)
Some more details here. (http://www.dekrabike.com/ddrive.htm) :)

Title: Re:End of the chain?
Post by: snellgrove on June 20, 2006, 13:39:45 PM

bah, its still got standard shimano cogs inside there, they just hid them!

I was hoping itd have a slider or something so you could (like a CVT) gradually increase / decrease your gearing or something actually clever.

ho hum...   :P

Title: End of the chain?
Post by: maximusotter on June 20, 2006, 14:23:35 PM

Shaft drive bikes have been around for oh...a hundred years already. They suffer from inefficiency and often are quite noisy. Chains suck, but theyre efficient, simple, and cheap.

Title: Re:End of the chain?
Post by: Ceathreamhnan on June 20, 2006, 18:47:36 PM

If youre suffering from chain suck Id suggest your homebrewed lubrication fluids arent all theyre cracked up to be...:P

Title: Re:End of the chain?
Post by: snellgrove on June 20, 2006, 22:24:32 PM

I personally think chains are just fine, dont really have a problem with them - as max says, they are pretty efficient, cheap and easy to look after.

mine only comes off, if I do something silly with the gears and are pedalling really hard at the time or something silly - I think they are reliable enough, and if you dont like one.. chuck it and get a new one :)

Title: Re:End of the chain?
Post by: Serious on June 20, 2006, 22:41:37 PM

Providing you either use clips or tuch trouser legs into your socks when wearing long trousers chains arent a problem.

Title: Re:End of the chain?
Post by: brummie on June 20, 2006, 22:46:35 PM

Quote from: snellgrove

I personally think chains are just fine, dont really have a problem with them - as max says, they are pretty efficient, cheap and easy to look after.

mine only comes off, if I do something silly with the gears and are pedalling really hard at the time or something silly - I think they are reliable enough, and if you dont like one.. chuck it and get a new one :)

I keep forgetting to change gear in time so when i do my chain keeps bloody coming off :(

TBH though mines rusty anyhow, if i could be arsed id change it but the miles a month it does probably puts me off  :lol: