| Re: New (Old) Follis!! (warning: long rambling with rebuilding questions mixed in)
"Luigi de Guzman" <luigi12081@cox.net> wrote:
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> [ He doesn't need a 53-tooth chainring now, anyway. He's not
> strong enough to push 53/11, at fourteen. Heck, I can't even
> do that, and I'm 23! ]
Just a small point - the smallest sprocket on the Follis is probably a 13
or 14. If the chain is happy to stay put on one chainring or the other, the
bike can be ridden without the front derailleur, and the chain shifted
manually if the need arises. If the chain tends to derail easily at the
front (as is sometimes the case with single-chainring bikes) the simplest
solution is to fit a front derailleur.
Good luck.
James Thomson
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