Timeline for 9/10 speed chain with vintage 2x5 crankset
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| Jul 15, 2022 at 8:04 | comment | added | Armand | Why wouldn't an 8 or 9 or 10sp chain work with his old 5sp cranks? The FD issue mentioned above might require a new FD, but the cranks themselves should still work with a 10sp chain AFAIK. | |
| Jul 14, 2022 at 22:04 | comment | added | EarlGrey | Maybe OP is one of the museum guys and the museum just shut down, giving out all their belongings :D ! | |
| Jul 14, 2022 at 15:24 | comment | added | jayded-bee | Fair point. I don't, strictly speaking, need this bicycle, it's just an exercise in piecing it together and making a unique frankenbike. I even found a carbon 1 inch fork I could mount! I suppose now the question I have to ask myself is; Will 8 speeds suffice, do I experiment with 9 speeds (and hope the chain doesn't get stuck between the rings), or change the crankset to 10 speed? Fun stuff. | |
| Jul 14, 2022 at 14:24 | history | answered | Christine | CC BY-SA 4.0 |