trev Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Hi Two Questions. I have a stock bike with horizontal drops outs. The gearing is 18 tooth front and 15 tooth back. What is the best way to measure the chain length? Should I measure it tight and hope that there is some slack once joined or measure it loose and take up loads of slack. Also the chain line isn't great. The crank (freewheel) end sits further out than the back (new cranks old isis BB). would you put spacers on the front or rear? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Borneo Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Better to go slack n have to take out another link than go short and have to put one back in. As for your chain line, sounds like the best option would be a shorter bottom bracket but you might be able to get it better with some spacers. How far out is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trev Posted March 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Cheers got the chain on with some slack which has been taken up but the screw tensioners though it has used almost all of the screw. Chain line isn't to bad just not perfect. I have a spacer on the rear hub that pushes the sprocket out a bit. Think I will go with it and see how it rides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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