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stearman65
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Posted: 26 September 2016 at 10:36pm |
I've bought a 2011 Ice Adventure, my wife has a Dahon C5 Ciao, I'd like her to try the trike as for sure as eggs are eggs she will come a cropper on the Dahon (she's 75 & old bones don't bend). She is 6 inches shorter than me so I thought a chain length compensator would enable her to try it & maybe persuade her to get a trike. The kit from Ice is very expensive, I did read the description of a home made where they had used a skate board wheel on a sprung bracket as a compensator. Has anyone done similar or any other ideas, possibly a fixed derailleur to use when the boom is retracted to take up the chain slack?
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stearman65
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The simplest & least expensive solution to this where there are only 2 different sized riders is to have a removable section of chain & a couple of quick links, bit messy but it won't be for ever.
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Yanto
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I have seen a homemade one somewhere, and been racking my brain trying to think where.
From memory it was 2 jockey wheels sandwiched between two aluminium plates with the plates centrally mounted on a frame, it was sprung loaded. The chain went in a "z" around the jockey wheels with the whole assembly tilting when more chain was required. Difficult to describe but easy to fathom once seen. Cheers Ian
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stearman65
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Thanks Ian
I've decided on the removable length of chain idea as there will be only me & my wife using the trike. |
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