Chain adjusters?

[andy tims]

Gilles, Rizoma et al - genuinely useful, or mainly bling?

Edited by andy tims on Friday 19th September 12:13

[chibbard]

Pointless bling in my opinion !!

[podman]

Never had a problem with an OE adjuster on any road bike, so id go for bling...but nice bling..

[bass gt3]

Love my Lightec although I really got them so I could use the decent paddock stand bobbin rather than the tiddly normal arrangement.

[Hooli]

chibbard said:

Pointless bling in my opinion !!

+1

[Biker's Nemesis]

As bass says Lightech are a damn good bit of kit. They are really well made and once fitted you can adjust your chain with your fingers.

The marks are easy to read to which helps when you're as blind as a bat as I am

[Hooli]

How often do you really need to adjust your chain then? Knowing how far road bikes get between needing adjustments I'd be surprised if it was less than a couple of trackdays for track bikes.

[Biker's Nemesis]

Quite often when you're changing gearing or wheels

[RemaL]

Hooli said:

How often do you really need to adjust your chain then? Knowing how far road bikes get between needing adjustments I'd be surprised if it was less than a couple of trackdays for track bikes.

Not very often and why would you need one? As you can already adjust the chain anywho why buy something that also adjust the chain?

Seems to me a reason to buy something to replace the same thing. or am I wrong on that

[Hooli]

Biker's Nemesis said:

Quite often when you're changing gearing or wheels

I'd never thought of that side of it, cheers.

I'll change my opinion to 'pointless bling for road bikes'.

[Biker's Nemesis]

RemaL said:

Not very often and why would you need one? As you can already adjust the chain anywho why buy something that also adjust the chain?

Seems to me a reason to buy something to replace the same thing. or am I wrong on that

Just like different levers or an exhaust can or a different screen they all do the same job but differently

[gwm]

Damn I really like the idea of chain adjusters like these:

http://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/motorcycle_parts/c...


But can in no way justify them for my bike. I just like the technical geekery I think.

[Dog Star]

There is no such thing as pointless bling.
There's a pic of my supermoto on the, er, supermoto thread

[Mr OCD]

bass gt3 said:

Love my Lightec although I really got them so I could use the decent paddock stand bobbin rather than the tiddly normal arrangement.

Might be the picture but that looks like a gap between the axle and the lightech chain adjuster?

I'm the usual levers, cans, screen, tailtidy, etc. person but never bothered with chain adjusters as seem pointless.

[RemaL]

Biker's Nemesis said:

RemaL said:

Not very often and why would you need one? As you can already adjust the chain anywho why buy something that also adjust the chain?

Seems to me a reason to buy something to replace the same thing. or am I wrong on that

Just like different levers or an exhaust can or a different screen they all do the same job but differently

Very true when you say it like that.

[bass gt3]

Mr OCD said:

bass gt3 said:

Love my Lightec although I really got them so I could use the decent paddock stand bobbin rather than the tiddly normal arrangement.

Might be the picture but that looks like a gap between the axle and the lightech chain adjuster?

I'm the usual levers, cans, screen, tailtidy, etc. person but never bothered with chain adjusters as seem pointless.

there's a tiny amount of play between the axle and the adjuster. so the flat of the axle looks slightly rotated but it prevents the axle binding or jamming in the adjuster.
And as BN says, once you loosen the axle nut, the adjustments can be made fore and aft by finger. also the marks are spot on side to side so it makes for accurate alignment when I use my wheel alignment tool as a comparison.

[andy tims]

Hooli said:

Biker's Nemesis said:

Quite often when you're changing gearing or wheels

I'd never thought of that side of it, cheers.

I'll change my opinion to 'pointless bling for road bikes'.

It was my track bike I had in mind when asking.

Do they make changing the wheel itself any easier or harder?

[Biker's Nemesis]

andy tims said:

It was my track bike I had in mind when asking.

Do they make changing the wheel itself any easier or harder?

They do, for a start the spacers don't fall out.