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Is my bike safe to use if cogs and crank is not that aligned?
Hey guys is it fine if my freewheel bike which is single speed is not that straight with its chain line, because my cogs and crank arent that straight but it is also not that far, im thinking if it is ...
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How do I use a freewheel as a single-speed?
Can I disassemble a free wheel sprocket and use it as a single speed sprocket or I have to buy a single speed sprocket?
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How do I properly torque a track cog lockring?
I see a torque rating is stamped onto a lot of track cog lock rings:
However, I cannot find a way to use a torque wrench when tightening the lock ring. All the tools I've found, like Park Tool's HCW-...
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single speed freewheel Shimano SF MX 30 vs Shimano SF-1200
What is the difference between:
single speed freewheel Shimano SF MX 30 and Shimano SF-1200 ?
Why those freewheels donesn't appear on shimano website?
P.S. From the pictures it's clear that the ...
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Freewheel threading on Miche flip-flop hub
I'm currently building a parts list for a new single-speed bike. In the process, I came across a nice looking flip-flop hub from Miche: The "Primato Pista/Strada"
I figured that adding the fixed ...
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What is causing the chain skip after chain replacement?
I have a road bike that was converted to single speed with a single sprocket on the read wheel and a single chainring.
I had a 3/32 chain which worked perfectly fine. However after many kms and ...
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Should I get a smaller chainring or bigger cog?
I built a single speed bike about a year ago, and am starting to change out parts to make it more comfortable for me. The first thing I'm wanting to change is the gear inches, which I didn't give much ...
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How can I know the number of teeths I need to go uphill?
I have a singlespeed with a flipflop hub to change to fixed gear. In my freewheel sprocket I have 16 teeth and in the ring chain 46 teeth.
For me this is almost always the perfect combination for ...
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Single Chainring Conversion
Just wondering if there is much point in having three chain rings on my MTB, I very rarely change gear on the front and I feel like having a single cog would make the bike lighter and also tidier as ...
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