Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Bluesky Threads Chain fell off and proceeded to fold my sprocket yesterday while I was going down a hill. Guess it’s time for a new sprocket huh by taiilmaw Bicycle Bike Fixed Gear Fixed Gear Bicycle Fixed Gear Bike
RouSGeLi on June 26, 2025 7:53 pm The sprocket prolly bend and that lead to the chain falling off. That chainring seems kinda weak and fragile tbh.
MMaarrttiinn527 on June 26, 2025 7:55 pm Ali chainring? I personally only trust track specific chainrings from reputable brands I understand saving money but save yourself some medical bills and yourself!
gumption_boy on June 26, 2025 8:02 pm I folded a chainring once. Can confirm it does indeed suck. Hope you’re not hurt
GovernmentTemporary1 on June 26, 2025 8:36 pm “The route is perfectly flat, you can totally ride your fixed gear!” The route:
delicate10drills on June 26, 2025 8:36 pm Not surprising. More likely it folded before you lost the chain.
danr06 on June 26, 2025 9:22 pm That’s not a sprocket. It’s a chainring. And a cheap looking one at that.
Advanced-Total-1147 on June 26, 2025 9:32 pm The mounting points don’t even look burly enough, you are lucky you got 20 days out of that.
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The sprocket prolly bend and that lead to the chain falling off. That chainring seems kinda weak and fragile tbh.
Ali chainring?
I personally only trust track specific chainrings from reputable brands
I understand saving money but save yourself some medical bills and yourself!
I folded a chainring once. Can confirm it does indeed suck. Hope you’re not hurt
“The route is perfectly flat, you can totally ride your fixed gear!”
The route:
Not surprising.
More likely it folded before you lost the chain.
Cheese. Velveeta cheese
Works better if you don’t do that
Really terrible when it happens on a tandem…
That’s not a sprocket. It’s a chainring.
And a cheap looking one at that.
The mounting points don’t even look burly enough, you are lucky you got 20 days out of that.