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I rode it 20 miles today. It absolutely holds together. I took it off and rubbed off the grease from the chain and had a look see. The hole looks unworn,the gears are the same. When my son's around I'm gonna have him hold the rear wheel up while reving the engine so I can take a small video of this working,camera shooting from the pedal side so you can see how perfecly this lines up with no hopping or skipping whatsoever.
And with the sprocket running on the chain links and not resting on the sides I honestly don't see how this can wear down. And I keep it pretty tight too.
This week I'm gonna ride over to Lowes to replace that bolt,though. The gooseneck bolt has that little tang on the head and it interferes with the sprocket unless you keep it all loose. I'm gonna find the right bolt with the right lenght of smooth shaft and some washers.
I seriously don't see any way this setup can fail,and I've collected vast amount of bike parts over the years so getting these derailier sprockets is nothing.
I'll let you know if this thing ever fails,but for now it looks like my tensioners are gonna collect some dust in my tool pouch.
And what's really crazy is that most of us here does actually have an old bike laying around for parts or have a rear derailier that busted years ago and does have the right bolt and nuts and flat washers in their bolt jar and can actually replicate what I did here in ten minutes time or less even.
And with the sprocket running on the chain links and not resting on the sides I honestly don't see how this can wear down. And I keep it pretty tight too.
This week I'm gonna ride over to Lowes to replace that bolt,though. The gooseneck bolt has that little tang on the head and it interferes with the sprocket unless you keep it all loose. I'm gonna find the right bolt with the right lenght of smooth shaft and some washers.
I seriously don't see any way this setup can fail,and I've collected vast amount of bike parts over the years so getting these derailier sprockets is nothing.
I'll let you know if this thing ever fails,but for now it looks like my tensioners are gonna collect some dust in my tool pouch.
And what's really crazy is that most of us here does actually have an old bike laying around for parts or have a rear derailier that busted years ago and does have the right bolt and nuts and flat washers in their bolt jar and can actually replicate what I did here in ten minutes time or less even.
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