Anyone got one of these I can borrow ... ?

For a few weeks ... ? [1]

http://www.getgeared.co.uk/PROFI_CAT_Laser_Chain_Alignment_Tool

Ta,

Paul.

[1] As I haven't got £50 spare notes in my back pocket ATM :/

 

Hahaha that's the most expensive interpretation of a broomhandle
against back tyre I've ever seen.

 

Just tape a ruler to the sprocket & look along the edge from the top.

 

Have to be a fuckoff big ruler, as there's no chain between the
sprockets

Paul.

 

Didn't we do this a while ago? I struggled for ages with the metal
rods/scaffold planks/bits of string rubbish with wheel alignment, until
my friendly[1][2] MOT tester showed me how to do it by eye from the
front wheel.

I'll be you that's just as accurate as any 'spensive lasery pointery thingy.

[1] even if he did ride a Hardly
[2] now sadly passed away

 

Oh that's even easier then - just tape a bit of string to the face of
the front sprocket, pull it tight against the face of the rear
sprocket, & when it makes contact with both the front & back edges of
the rear sprocket at the same time, it's lined up. Or just eyeball it
from behind.

 

Based on Ginge's response, off group replies are ok, if you don't want
to admit to owning one ;-)

Paul.

 

Hmm, that could work. It's a bit low tech though, compared with lasers
strapped to our foreheads ..

Paul.

 

Fishing line (monofilament).

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, bod43

Which has the advantage of being harder to see.

Cunning.

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