hi folks, hope you all had a good holiday weekend.
I am sooooo close to being ready to tear down for paint. I have a sissy bar bent "loop" coming with tail light mount. Once I sort that, and finalize that's how I want it, this thing is ready tear down for paint, finishing etc.
Not sure why this never caught my eyes before, but yesterday I noticed the clearance between the bolt heads that hold the rear sprocket on and the end of the frame tubing where axle plate mates to it, is not very great. Maybe 1/4" (or maybe even only 3/16ths).
So, going down the road, that just doesn't seem like a whole lot of room. Wheel is centered, and that clearance remains constant when I spin it by hand. (no wobble and wheel is aligned ok)
Wondering what kind of clearances others with a hardtailed frame might have in this area?
There are places too, where the chain is closer than I'd like it, but test riding doesn't show that the chain actually hits the frame or fender or anything, so I think I'm good there.
Anybody got a photo, that shows the left side frame tube where it joins into the axleplate and the clearance between that point and sprocket bolt heads?
thanks!
Em
ps: I did search on this without much luck, thx
I am sooooo close to being ready to tear down for paint. I have a sissy bar bent "loop" coming with tail light mount. Once I sort that, and finalize that's how I want it, this thing is ready tear down for paint, finishing etc.
Not sure why this never caught my eyes before, but yesterday I noticed the clearance between the bolt heads that hold the rear sprocket on and the end of the frame tubing where axle plate mates to it, is not very great. Maybe 1/4" (or maybe even only 3/16ths).
So, going down the road, that just doesn't seem like a whole lot of room. Wheel is centered, and that clearance remains constant when I spin it by hand. (no wobble and wheel is aligned ok)
Wondering what kind of clearances others with a hardtailed frame might have in this area?
There are places too, where the chain is closer than I'd like it, but test riding doesn't show that the chain actually hits the frame or fender or anything, so I think I'm good there.
Anybody got a photo, that shows the left side frame tube where it joins into the axleplate and the clearance between that point and sprocket bolt heads?
thanks!
Em
ps: I did search on this without much luck, thx