Columbine used to offer a plastic band-on version of this braze-on item, called the “Quickchainger.”
You can see it here, but I’m not 100% sure that the web site is still valid: http://www.columbinecycle.com/store.php <http://www.columbinecycle.com/store.php> Here’s a picture: I had these on several bikes, and it is definitely a cool device. It doesn’t work well with vertical or semi-vertical dropouts. --Eric Norris campyonly...@me.com Insta: @CampyOnlyGuy YouTube: YouTube.com/CampyOnlyGuy > On Feb 19, 2021, at 1:18 PM, Paul Brodek <pcb.ha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm having weird posting stuff today, apologies again if this is a dupe. > > I've seen quite a few seatstay-mount chain hangers shear off. Depending on > location and with short chain length and/or higher chain tension, they can > also make it a little difficult to get the wheel in/out. Chainstay mount > doesn't have either problem. > > Back in my yout, that chainstay-mount attachment was thought to have been > invented by the Murphy Bros. at Columbine. I phrase it that way because I'm > now pretty used to thinking something like this only to have somebody say: > "The French/Italians/whoevs were doing this in the 1930s!" Or 1800s. Or > whenevs. > > I have two '82 Columbines, but neither have the Columbine chainstay-mount > hanger. One has a standard cyclindrical-shaped boss, the other has an unusual > (to me) kinda squished L-shaped hook. Pictured below, but it was hard to get > the angle I wanted with the bike hanging on a hook. It does hold the chain a > little more securely, but would shear off just as easily if I forgot the > unhook the chain and rode off. > > <50959204003_9099d0d08a_w.jpg><50959904256_c16d9ce0ee_w.jpg><50960004487_1048f8ec0b_w(1).jpg> > > Paul Brodek > Hillsdale, NJ USA > > On Friday, February 19, 2021 at 11:12:36 AM UTC-5 lconley wrote: > Grant recommended against that type of chain hanger when I got my custom. He > recommended the chainstay mounted version instead. He said that with the seat > stay version, people would forget the chain was hung and push down on the > pedals and rip it out of the seat stay because you could mount the rear wheel > with the chain still on the hanger. With the chainstay version, you have to > get the chain off the chain hanger to get the rear wheel in. > > > > Laing > > On Friday, February 19, 2021 at 11:01:47 AM UTC-5 ericf3 wrote: > It's not really an easter egg, but it IS a wonderful detail: the peg on the > frame above the rear axle to hand the chain on. I am recalling it now as I > took a fix-your-bike course a while back and my Bertrand* was on the > workstand and when the peg was pointed out, the rest of the class was > completely agog at such a thing. > > Does my Riv have one? Not sure, I imagine it does. > > No picture, the bike is in Ontario. But here is someone else's example > > > EricF > Vancouver > > > * frame by Marinoni > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2a73eb18-aad8-4032-8a6c-c04829c3f155n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2a73eb18-aad8-4032-8a6c-c04829c3f155n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > <50960004487_1048f8ec0b_w(1).jpg><50959204003_9099d0d08a_w.jpg><50959904256_c16d9ce0ee_w.jpg> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/12CE27D4-082F-4B85-ADAE-F85C96E18FB1%40me.com.
