What is this frame detail for?

[ishaw]

Just got a nice new to me ti frame. It has a little 'thing' sticking out from the drive side seat stay. I'm thinking it is for looping the chain over, but haven't seen one on a bike frame since the early nineties and the frame is newer than that. Is it simply what I think it is, or does it serve another purpose?

 

[sunympholepsy]

Hello,
You’re correct- it’s a chain hanger. Pretty handy when removing or inserting the rear wheel. It makes the process easier and protects the chainstay

 

[Gtpulse]

Portacena

I was talking about them a couple of days ago on my Dyna-Tech thread.

 

[Ian Raleigh]

Defo a chain hanger, most modern bikes no longer have this little aid fitted.

 

[xtaffa]

Yep. Late Orange p7s have them.

 

[Woz]

Also known as a 'Chain pip". At one point it was simply an off-cut nail brazed in the stay.

Ti Airborne Corsair right?

 

[ishaw]

Also known as a 'Chain pip". At one point it was simply an off-cut nail brazed in the stay.

Ti Airborne Corsair right?

Buy that man a beer. Great detective work from very little detail. How did you know?

 

[Woz]

Buy that man a beer. Great detective work from very little detail. How did you know?

....because I have two.

 

[Woz]

BTW: You will not be disappointed with it. While they are all straight gauge Ti tubes, and they don't have the swanky segmented rear end of the Lucky Strike, they come in lighter than the Lucky Strike, strong and very well made. I like them because they don't need any pampering and are just a great all rounder.

 

[Spudalumps]

That’s clever