John
It is lighter because it is thinner - top of chain to bottom, not side to side. This was verified by an actual weighing process done circa a year ago by listmember Harvey Sachs. This was a weighing of the two common types of 1 x 3/16 chains. Not sure how it would come out if you used modern 1/2 inch pitch x 1/8 track chain vs inch pitch.
Yep, you do get fewer gear possibilities, but you just live with it.
And it is of course fitting and proper for a pre-65 or so track bike!
Ken Sanford
now only two inch pitch track bikes....
Kensington, MD
> At 09:58 AM 12/12/2007 -0500, Ken Sanford wrote:
>
>>Inch pitch chains were available in either block or roller.
>>
>>Block is actually circa 25% lighter than roller.
>
> I meant to include inch pitch in my question also. And how could block be
> lighter than roller, or are the blocks hollow?
>
> John Betmanis
> Woodstock, Ontario
> Canada