| Re: Recommended utility tool for road bike?
Zoot Katz wrote:
> 4 Mar 2005 06:03:33 -0800,
> <1109945013.557124.34250@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups. com>,
> "Peter Cole" <peter_cole@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >>
> >> A chain tool could also facilitate getting home with a badly
busted
> >> rear derailleur. Just turn your bike into a single speed.
> >> You might like it!
> >
> >This is can be tricky to do with vertical dropouts.
>
> Arguably nigh impossible if you're not the lucky sort.
>
> I thought that with 8 - 10 closely spaced rear cogs and two or three
> chainrings you've got a few chances of hitting on one that works
> acceptably without cross-chaining too wildly.
The problem is that if the chainline isn't perfect it'll jump. If it
jumps to a larger sprocket it can get so tight that it binds and it
becomes unrideable and a bear to remove later. I think that this old
trick is effectively impossible with vertical dropouts.
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