[CR] Chain-rub With A Very Wide Range Double

(Example: Framebuilding:Restoration)

Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:38:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: "John Clay" <jmedclay@yahoo.com>
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR] Chain-rub With A Very Wide Range Double


I have discovered that when on the small ring and smallest two cogs the chain rubs the inside surface of the large ring. It's a Stronglight 99, 48/28 with shortest BB spindle projection on right side possible.  Is that a known issue with wide range double arrangements? I haven't calculated the geometry (will undoubtedly do so), and I know that on this particular frame I skewed the BB alignment a skosh, in a direction that would exacerbate this issue (fortunately I know why). Still, I wonder if this is part and parcel of such a large difference in the diameters of the two rings. Anyone?

John Clay Tallahassee, Florida USA

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