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Old 5th May 2008   #1
deadly fanny pack
 
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Some Chain advice please...

Hello there,

Im rebuilding my fixie bike for some commuting.

IN its last incarnation during the cold winter. I ran it as a single speed with a 1/8 gold kmc chain wrapping around 38-14 gearing if I remember correctly.

The salty spray off the winter streets basically totally destroyed the chain within a couple of weeks.

I wanted to run it as fixed anyway, so i thought Id just bung it in the shed for a

while. (plus I had a puncture!)

So I am now have some road cranks with 52t on em, and a 19-20 flip-flop track wheel.

So I need a road/mtb length chain to wrap around all of that. I imagine?

Im looking at these chains to deal with rust issues:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/M...?ModelID=25653

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/M...?ModelID=25425

I think I would benifit from the strength of a 1/8 chain as im running fixed, but will any of these be long enough?

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/M...?ModelID=11284

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/M...?ModelID=11287

Im not looking for anything fancy or lightweight here, just wanted advice on what would work best and any other suggestions. Cheaper would be better!

If anyone knows of a GOLD rust proof chain it would be awesome though as it would match the colour-scheme of my bike!


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