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Gotcha. Not convinced it would make any difference though!

That's how I see it. You've lost me... Contact surface between what and what? For a given 3/32" sprocket/freewheel the chain sees the same contact area but a wider chain (with similar diameter pins) will experience higher bending moment at the point where the sprocket/freewheel touches due to the larger moment arm...

Ah... ok. I was taking j to be just an unknown term rather than an imaginary number.

Doesn't work... if you expand the brackets you'll end up with a j2 term...

I don't really follow that. if you compare a 1/8" and 3/32" chain the only difference is the pin length and roller width. The plates are the same thickness and so there's basically bugger all in it, except that the 1/8" chain will be heavier (and potentially very slightly weaker...

Surely you've just posted a picture of Jardo, no?...

Yeah what he did in cycling was kind of impressive but the way he did it and the type of person he is clearly makes him a grade 1 c@nt who I have zero respect for.

Deadly serious. Deadly.

I tried going back after making this thread but because I'd editted the PM (so as not to look like a 'tard who attaches random pictures of monkeys to messages) it wasn't there. Proper weird... Have a tamarin for reading...

fanny

I just replied to a PM and when it updated the conversation it had automatically attached a picture of a mustachioed monkey... is that just me?!!

There's a huge difference between what's going on with a Lefty and just chopping off the leg of a pair of trials forks and a chain and seat stay.

So you're the numpty I see who hasn't cleared his windows or roof before setting off .

Unbelievable manual control...

Because you're posting shit for the sake of it... Damnit, must not feed the dicks trolls.

Graphics card issue would've shown up in the print screen wouldn't it? Has anything happened to the laptop recently to cause it trauma? Dropped, book fallen on it or owt?

I always click 'Link' and paste the URL in and it works... This is all mighty strange.

Sorry, I meant cartridge rather than sealed.

Yeah Hope do sell 9mm converters but they're just the QR adapters with the centres drilled out to 9mm so I'm not going to pay for anything when I can adapt what I've got. I'm astounded Shimano have never gone down the sealed bearing route. I would never run even XTR or whatever hubs if they aren't sealed. It's like they're stuck in the bloody 70's!

Both ways work for me. Top one includes the &feature stuff, bottom one is just the youtube code.

I hadn't come across those Superstar QR's- just ordered myself one to have a play with on my Inspired (though that involves drilling out the QR adapters on my Hope Pro II which seems like a slightly silly idea... meh! As for the Deore project- what sort of bore have you ended up with once you removed the races? I would imagine you'll have to do a little modification to get the new bearings to fit nicely in there but it should all work out quite well... keep us posted!

Ah, sorry- my bad. Although the Shimano spline has the fat and thin splines I'm sure it's possible to make sprockets (and therefore the freewheel) to work either way round while still keeping a Shimano compatible spline system. In which case it may be possible from a crank point of view.

Freewheel would allow you to pedal backwards and free-wheel while travelling backwards but wouldn't do much when you tried to pedal normally.

Interesting crank setup you've ended up with...

Looks boring and like every other generic hardtail out there. The old Chameleon stood out with low standover, chunky square chainstays etc. whereas that just looks like nowt special.