I will let some of the senior members speak up on behalf of the "official" reasons for inch pitch. But I will comment that any bicycles I have built up with the inch pitch have had a different feel that seems to agree with what i have heard for the reason of inchers. The inch pitch were very thick chainrings on the older bicycles and it was often said they offered superbe stiffness and the solid feel from pedal to wheel.
Walt Skrzypek
Falls Creek, Pa
http://www.fixedgearhooligans.com
> Don,
> Calling it "skip tooth" is actually inaccurate and confuses
> the issue. In fact, this bicycle's chainring and rear sprocket
> are meant to be used with a one-inch pitch chain. In that
> case, no teeth are skipped, although the gears have half as
> many teeth as half-inch pitch gears of the same diameter.
> Cheers,
> Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia, USA
>
> --- Don Wilson <dcwilson3@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> An Express Work track bike on Ebay has a skip tooth
>> chain wheel. What does a skip took chain wheel
>> achieve?
>>
> http://ebay.com/
>>
>> Don Wilson
>> Los Olivos, CA
>>
>> D.C. Wilson dcwilson3@yahoo.com
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