How do I stop my chain touching my frame when wheel is out?

dan1587
dan1587 Posts: 15
edited May 2012 in Workshop
Is there anything I can buy for this purpose?

I was thinking of some old QR skewers with a jockey wheel on or something?

I just want to hold the chain out the way for when transporting in the car as I don't like it touching and knocking against the chain.

Cheers

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  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,336
    Of course my 29 years old frame has a chain retainer for that... modern frames don't
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  • Yossie
    Yossie Posts: 2,600
    Do a search at Ribble I think - there is a sort of q/r skewer thingy designed purposely for this. Either Ribble or CRC will hold such a thing. Or place a rag between the frame and the chain. One of the two I think.
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    My fairly modern Racelight Tk also has a chain retaining peg thing on the right seatstay.

    It wasn't till I'd been browsing this forum for a while that I found out what it was though :oops:
  • thecrofter
    thecrofter Posts: 734
    dan1587 wrote:
    Is there anything I can buy for this purpose?

    I was thinking of some old QR skewers with a jockey wheel on or something?

    I just want to hold the chain out the way for when transporting in the car as I don't like it touching and knocking against the chain.

    Cheers
    Wrap the chain in a bit of rag, probably cheaper
    You've no won the Big Cup since 1902!
  • Coach H
    Coach H Posts: 1,092
    I use a Pedro's device that is a wedge shape on a Q/R (bought to make up an order total) but whave seen quite a few that look like a skewer with one sproket. Have a look around on RIbble, CRC etc
    Coach H. (Dont ask me for training advice - 'It's not about the bike')
  • fish156
    fish156 Posts: 496
    Alternatively a bit of self-adhesive Frame Protector at the place on the chain stay where you know the chain will touch.
  • estampida
    estampida Posts: 1,008
    best fit??

    http://superstar.tibolts.co.uk/product_ ... cts_id=335
  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,496
    fit a kmc missing link, then you can easily remove/refit the chain, also makes it easier for cleaning
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • racingcondor
    racingcondor Posts: 1,434
    They're called a chain keeper.

    I have one that PBK no longer stocks. Essentially it's an axle with a QR lever and a 16 tooth sprocket built in, works a treat when I've got the bike in the stand and you can clean the chain on the bike with the wheel out.
  • www.richtreen.co.uk
    www.richtreen.co.uk Posts: 245
    BBB also do one - a fair few UK sites list it - BBB BTL-50 Chaingrip Chain Holder
  • father_jack
    father_jack Posts: 3,509
    what about some foam pipe insulation?
    Say... That's a nice bike..
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  • amaferanga
    amaferanga Posts: 6,789
    Where is the chain touching the frame? If it's just the top of the chainstay then why don't you have some kind of tape on there anyway?
    More problems but still living....
  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    Of course my 29 years old frame has a chain retainer for that... modern frames don't

    Don't suppose you've got a photo of it in action at all? I'd be intrigued to know how it works.
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  • g00se
    g00se Posts: 2,221
    DesWeller wrote:
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    Of course my 29 years old frame has a chain retainer for that... modern frames don't

    Don't suppose you've got a photo of it in action at all? I'd be intrigued to know how it works.

    It's a small pin on the inside of the drive-side seatstay, that you hook the chain onto as you take the wheel out. It's not like some of the devices above that keeps the chain in tension for maintenance.
  • freddiegrubb
    freddiegrubb Posts: 448
    Pedro's wedge with q/r approx £8, okay by me.
  • ajb72
    ajb72 Posts: 1,178
    Morgan Blus Chain Keeper. http://www.wiggle.co.uk/morgan-blue-chain-keeper/

    superb bit of kit, I use mine for transporting the bike in my car and for cleaning the bike in a work stand. Fits in seconds and holds chain securely away from the stays.
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    dan1587 wrote:
    I was thinking of some old QR skewers with a jockey wheel on or something?

    I've done this, but you'll need an old axle and cones to give the QR skewer something to tighten against. You don't really need the jockey wheel, but you could use it if you wanted to.
  • Graham1426
    Graham1426 Posts: 30
    Father Jack wrote:
    what about some foam pipe insulation?

    That's what i do, it's a very very effective and cheap solution. :D
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  • Bobbinogs
    Bobbinogs Posts: 4,841
    Graham1426 wrote:
    Father Jack wrote:
    what about some foam pipe insulation?

    That's what i do, it's a very very effective and cheap solution. :D

    Yepp, me too. With the added luxury of a ziptie for long distances.
  • andy_wrx
    andy_wrx Posts: 3,396
    PBK used to sell such a thing, but I can't see it on there at the moment.

    They do have the Pedros thing
    http://www.probikekit.com/uk/accessorie ... eeper.html
    and something a bit cheaper/cruder
    http://www.probikekit.com/uk/morgan-blu ... eeper.html

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