Bicycle BOVS

[Binnie]

(26 May 2013, 22:05)Mosstrooper Wrote: If I were to choose a bike specific BOV it would be a 26” aluminium bike as it’s a popular size so acquiring wheels wouldn’t be an issue. I would make it a single speed (no gearing) so there’s less to go wrong but would be a simple fix to the chain.

I see this as a major mistake, it totally limits your wheel selection!, ok you COULD just slip on a multispeed rear, and slip the chain onto the ring that it fitted onto best, but chances are it'd be walloping about and at danger of falling off.

if the worst came to the worst (most likely failure would be a broken gear cable), you could just turn the endstop screws of the derailluer and "manually" select a gear!

the derailluer's function in this case would just be an elaborate chain tensioner, but then you could use almost any back wheel as long as the chain pitch was the same!