A Chain For a 6 Speed Freewheel

[Wester]

I want to fit a new chain to a 6 speed freewheel but I am finding it hard to find a chain online that will do the job

I have been looking at a 8 speed Sram PC850 chain from Evans cycles could I fit that to my 6 speed freewheel ? if not what got quality chain would you recommend that would last a few thousand miles or more

And help and advice on the subject please

 

[midlife]

SJS generally have bits that go with older bikes..

https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/chains-5-6-7-8-speed/

Shaun

 

[DCLane]

Any 8 speed chain will fit.

 

[Wester]

Any 8 speed chain will fit.

Are you 100% certain about that ? if so I can just go around the corner to Evans and get the 8 speed SRAM PC 850 that I have been looking at

 

[rusty bearing]

6, 7, 8 all the same.

 

[DCLane]

Are you 100% certain about that ? if so I can just go around the corner to Evans and get the 8 speed SRAM PC 850 that I have been looking at

Yes - I use Clark's and SRAM 8 speed chains on the 5-6 speed bikes I have.

 

[midlife]

Is your old freewheel Shimano Uniglide or Hyperglide? If the freewheel is old and worn you might have problems with the new chain skipping.

Shaun

 

[Wester]

Is your old freewheel Shimano Uniglide or Hyperglide? If the freewheel is old and worn you might have problems with the new chain skipping.

Shaun

Going a bit of the subject here but I thought that Uniglide and Hyperglide was something that you found on a cassette not a freewheel

 

[midlife]

Uniglide freewheels do exist but don't crop up often..... I've got a couple somewhere

Shaun

 

[raleighnut]

Uniglide freewheels do exist but don't crop up often..... I've got a couple somewhere

Shaun

Gawd, that is a 'hardcore' set-up .......................................No wonder it's still new.

 

[tyred]

Any 3/32" derailleur chain will do.

Just a thought but if it is older freewheel with plain sprocket teeth with no cutaways or ramps (Regina, Atom, Cyclo etc), you'd probably be better with a cheap basic chain with protruding rivets as the rivets catch the sprockets to change to the next sprocket up. That's how it was supposed to work back in the day. I use ETC, they're cheap enough from Ebay.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Gawd, that is a 'hardcore' set-up .......................................No wonder it's still new.

Time trial ratios. They were 13-17 back when five speed was the norm.

 

[rrarider]

Gawd, that is a 'hardcore' set-up .......................................No wonder it's still new.

We used to call such a thing a "corn cob block".

 

[midlife]

Gold chains are faster, we all knew that in the 1970's

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Regina-Re...hash=item1a19ced728:m:md2akVRRmacgvARD53RWiww

Shaun

 

[raleighnut]

We used to call such a thing a "corn cob block".

I know, my most 'extreme' cassette is a 12-23 Campy one on the 653 TT bike, that is 1 tooth difference for the first 8 and 2 teeth for the lowest 2



EDIT - The handlebars ended up like that cos I couldn't get on with the 'Aero' bars I'd fitted and most of the time I rode the bike was in the evenings so the lights fit onto the bar extender. Looks a weird set up but it is comfortable.