Does such a thing exist ?

farrina

Scenario thus: (sorry its a bit vague)

When cleaning my bike and have removed rear wheel, chain sits on a chain hanger on the seat stay.
I vaguely recall seeing once on a pro maintenance video essentially some form of cut down hub specifically inserted to accommodate chain on a single sprocket to allow chain set to be rotated with chain etc.

Would be handy when cleaning frame and chain.

I could buy a cheapish hub and cassette but was wondering if anyone was aware of a specific device for this purpose.

Appreciate bit of a long shot.

Cheers

Alan

zx6man

I got one of these for a fiver and used an old cassette.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/shim ... -prod87014

247cycleshop

http://www.extrauk.co.uk/product/detail/SystemEX/Storage/2448/

farrina

Thanks to all who responded.

The latter response was exactly what I was looking for, just did not know the technical name - a "frame saver"!

Ordered from here http://www.cyclestore.co.uk/productDetails.asp?productID=54112 with free postage.

Cheers

Alan

zx6man

Just ordered one as well :-)

ic.

a cheaper way of doing it http://www.wiggle.co.uk/morgan-blue-chain-keeper/

racingcondor

Beaten to it. I was going to say chain keeper. I like the ghetto cheap hub and a knackered old cassette option though.

A workstand and a chain keeper are the two things that make cleaning your bike easy. Well worth it.

Monty Dog

Make one yourself from an old QR, some big washers, a length of copper tube and a plastic pulley wheel

smoggysteve

Alternatively , you could just make sure your chain has a missing link in it, remove chain completely and clean the jockey wheels and cassette without intrusion. Clean your chain by hand and pop it back on. The idea of a tool like you suggest is something I would use when installing a groupset so it can be configured without the rear wheel getting in the way. Not sure i would use it for cleaning as the chain does prevent you getting to a lot of places like the rear mech and jockey wheels. Especially in winter they can gunk up very quickly.

imposter2.0

Monty Dog wrote:

Make one yourself from an old QR, some big washers, a length of copper tube and a plastic pulley wheel

That's what I did. Used an old motorcycle chain roller, a long bolt, some old bearing spacers, some washers and a wingnut. Works a treat...

andrew_s

247cycleshop wrote:

http://www.extrauk.co.uk/product/detail/SystemEX/Storage/2448/

These are designed for transporting the bike, to keep the chain from going all over, and to stop the frame/forks from being bent/broken if there's sideways pressure, such as a suitcase being dumped on top of a bike that's on it's side.

If sprocket actually turns when it's in the frame with the QR done up, that's a lucky bonus.
Don't count on it, as a turning sprocket means the chain is more likely to come off.

zx6man

farrina wrote:

Thanks to all who responded.

The latter response was exactly what I was looking for, just did not know the technical name - a "frame saver"!

Ordered from here http://www.cyclestore.co.uk/productDetails.asp?productID=54112 with free postage.

Cheers

Alan

How does the extra spacer attach for the 135mm?