fixie chain alignment

Notch000

hi,
the other half got a fixie last year & the rear wheel hub is proving pretty difficult to adjust & align the wheel straight, there is an alignment tool on the gear side but and the wheel tends to slip when tightening up the hub,

should there be 2 adjusters, like one on each side, like a motor bike would have ??????

Wishbone Ash

Can you over do the non drive side and then use the adjuster and leverage on the wheel to bring it into line?

Harrybelafonte

Would this work? Hold wheel so that chain is taught but not too tight and wheel is centred. Tighten one side until it's jus more than hand tight and then tighten the other side all the way. Go back to other side and tighten properly

Should work, though I may be misunderstanding the issue.

Harrybelafonte

Fixed gear bikes generally don't have tensioners tbh. They tend to cause more hassle than not.

Harrybelafonte

Also. Sometimes shoving a tea towel inbetween wheel and seat tube can help keep it in place when tightening.

CramCycle

There should be no need for adjusters unless the dropouts are poor quality.

You can buy them cheaply enough, amazon usually have them or think I seen them on SJS before.

Stretch and overtighten on one side, then pull the wheel as much as possible to the untightened side, and tighten as much as you can. Loosen the first side sklightly and try and hold the wheel in the centre and retighten.

May take a few tries.

Notch000

Got it sorted now, a second person and a couple of washers held wheel straight, looks like the cuct out things don't line up too square.