Re: Chain idler efficiency - roller vs. toothed

"Jon Bendtsen" <noone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
> You get other problems with a long chainline. If something hits it
> trash or some plants.

Most likely places of plant interaction with chain line seem
independent of chain length, e.i., at chain rings, derailuers,
idlers...  And some re***bent designs with higher bottom
brackets raise chain overall.

> But as you said above, it's a question about tradeoffs. I just dont
> like long chainlines. And neither those tubes they run in.

Fine, but don't presume that all long chain lines have tubes.
For instance, the Easy Racers LWB bikes have chains
about 2.3 times longer than "normal" but have no tubes.

Jon