A Very British Klunker
- Thread starter yakboy
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Nabeaquam
BoTM Winner
Nice to see your progress
yakboy
Manitou Fan
So next problem on the agenda is the chain tension. @doctor-bond mentioned the Suntour Cyclone GT had a longer cage, so did a bit of research and there is a VX GT too with a longer cage, so bought a scruffy example from eBay and after a @Peachy! standard of degreasing and polishing, got it looking fairly decent. Pic below comparing the VX to the VX-GT.
So attatched it and using the same chain length and winding the b screw all the way in I get reasonable tension. It's still too tight to put on both big rings but if I have a longer chain I may sacrifice tension in the granny gears, will probably leave for now but may try a longer b screw with a longer chain and see if we can maintain tension.
So attatched it and using the same chain length and winding the b screw all the way in I get reasonable tension. It's still too tight to put on both big rings but if I have a longer chain I may sacrifice tension in the granny gears, will probably leave for now but may try a longer b screw with a longer chain and see if we can maintain tension.
