Band to take a non braze on chain catcher?

Bar Shaker
Bar Shaker Posts: 2,313
edited April 2013 in Road buying advice
Is there a band available that I can fix a K Edge to?

Mine went straight on but this is for my gf so has high priority... if you know what I mean 8)
Boardman Elite SLR 9.2S
Boardman FS Pro

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  • Wirral_paul
    Wirral_paul Posts: 2,476
    http://www.wiggle.co.uk/k-edge-road-clamp-chain-ca
    Use the one designed for the job?

    Or if you dont have £40+ to spend on her bike - something that will do the job just as well...

    http://www.wiggle.co.uk/deda-dog-fang/
  • Bar Shaker
    Bar Shaker Posts: 2,313
    Thanks Paul. I already have the catcher (bought without checking her bike) so was hoping for a simple solution. If there isn't a simple solution, I'll send it back and get the correct one.
    Boardman Elite SLR 9.2S
    Boardman FS Pro
  • smidsy
    smidsy Posts: 5,273
    The simple solution is also the free one....set up/change the gears properly and you do not need a chain catcher :-)
    Yellow is the new Black.
  • Bar Shaker
    Bar Shaker Posts: 2,313
    smidsy wrote:
    The simple solution is also the free one....set up/change the gears properly and you do not need a chain catcher :-)

    Thank you, I shall tell her you said that.
    Boardman Elite SLR 9.2S
    Boardman FS Pro
  • smidsy
    smidsy Posts: 5,273
    Bar Shaker wrote:
    smidsy wrote:
    The simple solution is also the free one....set up/change the gears properly and you do not need a chain catcher :-)

    Thank you, I shall tell her you said that.

    And the problem with that is?

    People need to hear the truth now and again, hell invite me for tea and I will tell her myself. :mrgreen:
    Yellow is the new Black.
  • freddiegrubb
    freddiegrubb Posts: 448
    Hmm. let me think, poor road surface - bouncing chain - dropped chain, just a casual observation.
  • smidsy
    smidsy Posts: 5,273
    freddiegrubb wrote:
    Hmm. let me think, poor road surface - bouncing chain - dropped chain, just a casual observation.

    Not if everything is as it should be.

    Having recently completed the Bikeradar Spring Fling around the Cheshire lanes I can not recall 1 dropped chain (out of 20 plus riders), and those roads were truly dreadful, plus incorporated a cobbled hill climb.
    Yellow is the new Black.
  • pkripper
    pkripper Posts: 652
    smidsy wrote:
    The simple solution is also the free one....set up/change the gears properly and you do not need a chain catcher :-)

    But, when those less mechanically minded (such as my other half) do suffer a dropped chain for one reason or another and don't quite grasp that trying to pedal it back on and instead ripping a chunk out of a carbon chainstay kills a frame, it's an equally elegant and preventive solution.

    Same principle as having a lock on your front door - if the door is shut, there's no problem. Unless someone tries to open it and it opens. However, you put a lock on there, even if someone tries to open it, they're prevented from doing so.
  • flasher
    flasher Posts: 1,734
    smidsy wrote:
    The simple solution is also the free one....set up/change the gears properly and you do not need a chain catcher :-)


    You should offer your advice to all those stupid pro-tour mechanics :roll:
  • freddiegrubb
    freddiegrubb Posts: 448
    I bought the dogfang but as my frame is c/f it bulges out too much at the b/b so it was u/s, fitted my daughters alu. frame lovely. My mech. is band-on sram & I've puzzled on what I can fit, even thinking about the large ty-wrap idea which I can't really envisage as the buckle seems to be too far away from the inner ring to be of much use. Anybody else have any bright ideas.
  • pkripper
    pkripper Posts: 652
    freddiegrubb wrote:
    I bought the dogfang but as my frame is c/f it bulges out too much at the b/b so it was u/s, fitted my daughters alu. frame lovely. My mech. is band-on sram & I've puzzled on what I can fit, even thinking about the large ty-wrap idea which I can't really envisage as the buckle seems to be too far away from the inner ring to be of much use. Anybody else have any bright ideas.

    You could do.what I've done - lose the band on mech and replace with a band that takes braze on mechs, then you can use something like the token one
  • mitchgixer6
    mitchgixer6 Posts: 729
    Flasher wrote:
    smidsy wrote:
    The simple solution is also the free one....set up/change the gears properly and you do not need a chain catcher :-)


    You should offer your advice to all those stupid pro-tour mechanics :roll:

    Exactly, well said sir! Anyone remember A Schleck in last year's tour when he dropped his chain on a climb?! :roll:

    I dropped my chain in a race the other week but was lucky enough to get it back on by hand whilst on the bike. After testing and testing to try and replicate what happened I can't get the chain to drop. I can only surmise that I must have hit a bump at the same time as changing down which caused the chain to drop.

    Result is that I've now fitted a dog fang as I don't want that to happen in a race again. Only cost £5 so I'd say but one of those for your girlfriends bike.

    And to the guys coming on thinking they know better and trying to say chain catchers are redundant, if you can't answer the original question then don't bother replying! :?
  • Bar Shaker
    Bar Shaker Posts: 2,313
    Thanks guys. I have found and ordered one of these, which should do the job...

    http://www.wiggle.co.uk/shimano-ultegra ... n-adapter/
    Boardman Elite SLR 9.2S
    Boardman FS Pro
  • smidsy
    smidsy Posts: 5,273
    mitchgixer6 wrote:
    And to the guys coming on thinking they know better and trying to say chain catchers are redundant, if you can't answer the original question then don't bother replying! :?

    But I did answer the question. The OP wanted a simple solution, which I gave.

    The fact that you do not agree with my answer is irrelevant :wink:

    I maintain that if the front mech is set up perfectly it is impossible for the chain to fall off to the inside under normal operation.

    If others find differently then so be it.
    Yellow is the new Black.
  • pkripper
    pkripper Posts: 652
    smidsy wrote:
    mitchgixer6 wrote:
    And to the guys coming on thinking they know better and trying to say chain catchers are redundant, if you can't answer the original question then don't bother replying! :?

    But I did answer the question. The OP wanted a simple solution, which I gave.

    The fact that you do not agree with my answer is irrelevant :wink:

    I maintain that if the front mech is set up perfectly it is impossible for the chain to fall off to the inside under normal operation.

    If others find differently then so be it.


    I can guarantee it is possible and can be done pretty quickly as its also a function of chain tension. So, under your 'normal operation' of the front mech, pretty straightforward to achieve with manipulation of the rear mech to introduce a slack chain.
  • Bar Shaker
    Bar Shaker Posts: 2,313
    pkripper wrote:
    I can guarantee it is possible and can be done pretty quickly as its also a function of chain tension. So, under your 'normal operation' of the front mech, pretty straightforward to achieve with manipulation of the rear mech to introduce a slack chain.


    Yep, don't worry about it, almost all of us know this can and does happen.

    I have had it happen and my Di2 is millimetre perfect. GF has had it happen twice in the last month and her Athena is also spot on.

    Anyway, all sorted now.
    Boardman Elite SLR 9.2S
    Boardman FS Pro
  • Wirral_paul
    Wirral_paul Posts: 2,476
    smidsy wrote:
    I maintain that if the front mech is set up perfectly it is impossible for the chain to fall off to the inside under normal operation.

    If others find differently then so be it.

    "Normal Operation" obviously doesnt include hitting a bump when changing gear that can then bounce the chain off the chainring. "If others find differently" will be much of the Pro Peleton then - where one dropped chain can cost a career changing win (as said - ask a certain Mr Schleck....... or anyone who has damaged their frame when the freak occurance happens and they jam a chain down behind the chainset). Its happened to my twice in 3 years - and thats with a properly set up front mech.

    As said - these things happen so stop being a d!ck and if you have nothing better to say - dont reply
  • smidsy
    smidsy Posts: 5,273
    We are all entitle to an opinion ..... as long as it is the same, WTF. :?

    As for being a dick, I am simply stating a point of view based on my experience. I even closed by stating 'if others find differently then so be it', I fail to see the problem.

    Now move on Sonny. :-)

    The OP has resolved his predicament anyway so this is all pointless.

    If I ever drop my chain to the inside and trash my frame I will be sure to post up on here that you were all right. :mrgreen:
    Yellow is the new Black.
  • mitchgixer6
    mitchgixer6 Posts: 729
    smidsy wrote:
    If I ever drop my chain to the inside and trash my frame I will be sure to post up on here that you were all right. :mrgreen:

    And I will be there to laugh at you when that happens! :lol:
  • Wirral_paul
    Wirral_paul Posts: 2,476
    mitchgixer6 wrote:
    smidsy wrote:
    If I ever drop my chain to the inside and trash my frame I will be sure to post up on here that you were all right. :mrgreen:

    And I will be there to laugh at you when that happens! :lol:

    Plenty of us will be there with you. :lol:
  • freddiegrubb
    freddiegrubb Posts: 448
    Order order, will members of the house please note we are not here ( on this subject) to deride - mock & generally scoff at differing opinions on this matter. Please remember in this life there are three certainties--- death, taxes, dropped chains.

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