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Mark Beattie
Guest
I've been riding an old Gitane "Pro Tour de France" as my fixed gear,
with the Pitlock locking skewer system on the wheels and seatpost, but
the problem I'm running into is that the wheel tends to loosen, once
per week I re-tighten.
I know that Pitlock now sells for $80 a solid axle kit, but what I'd
like to either keep using this setup, or use some other "theft
deterrent" system with a cheap nutted solid axle, or a
chain-tensioning adapter as seen on BMX bikes or the newer track
fork-ends that Paul makes for custom single speeds, only retro-fitted
to the simplex forward facing long dropouts.
Does anyone have any pictures of a Campy or Simplex drop out fitted
with such a chain-tensioning device?
This bike is my all-the-time bike in Washington DC and I use a
mini-Ulock, which is why everything on it is locked down, and I like
the system so far, it's just the problem of keeping the chain tight
enough. Thoughts?
Mark Beattie
Washington D.C.
with the Pitlock locking skewer system on the wheels and seatpost, but
the problem I'm running into is that the wheel tends to loosen, once
per week I re-tighten.
I know that Pitlock now sells for $80 a solid axle kit, but what I'd
like to either keep using this setup, or use some other "theft
deterrent" system with a cheap nutted solid axle, or a
chain-tensioning adapter as seen on BMX bikes or the newer track
fork-ends that Paul makes for custom single speeds, only retro-fitted
to the simplex forward facing long dropouts.
Does anyone have any pictures of a Campy or Simplex drop out fitted
with such a chain-tensioning device?
This bike is my all-the-time bike in Washington DC and I use a
mini-Ulock, which is why everything on it is locked down, and I like
the system so far, it's just the problem of keeping the chain tight
enough. Thoughts?
Mark Beattie
Washington D.C.