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  1. Alberto

    About chain rubbing and chainline/bottom bracket spindle length

    Hi! I have two questions about chainlines: Firstly, I don't get this sentence in the article Bicycle Chainline Explained: «chain rubbing against the largest rear sprocket when on the second largest rear sprocket if the front chainring doesn’t sit far enough out» Is that a typo? As I see it...
  2. N

    Increase chainline with spacers?

    I want to increase the front chainline. Using a longer axle is not an option (because I already have that longer axle). What's also not an option is to put spacers between the spindle and the chainrings because it's "direct mount" (the big and small rung and the spindle are all one CNC'd piece)...
  3. musiclover

    Understanding rear chainline - math does not compute on a modern road bike

    Hi, A standard rear road thru axle is 142mm, a standard cassette width (with a lockring) is around 44mm. A distance between the lockring and inner side of the drop out is pretty standard as well - around 2.5mm That equals to 142/2=71-44/2=49-2.5=46.5. To bring that to a road standard (43.5mm...
  4. N

    Rear chain line calculation

    Hi Relja, Here https://bike.bikegremlin.com/17361/reader-questions-2023/ you assumed that the right end of the cassette (the end of the cassette near the smallest sprocket) ends at the top end of the 5.85mm dimension (see bottom of this drawing...
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