Velo Orange sells an eccentric bottom bracket for hollow tech cranks. Currently out of stock though. Good reviews for the most part, one did say it doesn't take up much slack, maybe one link at most. Probably would work fine with a half link.
https://velo-orange.com/collections/bottom-brackets/products/eccentric-bottom-bracket-bsa https://www.universalcycles.com/search.php?q=half+link JohnS On Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at 8:48:23 PM UTC-5 Bill Lindsay wrote: > Cyclofiend Jim > > I think your eyes skipped over the words "coaster brake" (aka a foot-brake > rear hub) in this thread. The original poster wants to put a coaster brake > rear wheel on their Clem. Otherwise, spot-on suggestions. :-) > > BL in EC > > On Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at 1:37:11 PM UTC-8 Cyclofiend Jim wrote: > >> On Monday, December 18, 2023 at 10:15:35 AM UTC-8 Bill Lindsay wrote: >> >> The show stoppers that I would fear are: >> >> 1. A coaster brake requires a no-tensioner way to take up chain slack. >> On normal cruisers, that's done with horizontal dropouts. The Clem has >> vertical dropouts. >> >> >> Fixing chain slack on vertical dropouts is easily addressed with a chain >> tensioner. >> https://surlybikes.com/parts/singleator >> >> Or if you want a purpose-built wheel, check out the White ENO hub - >> https://www.whiteind.com/product/eno-flip-flop/ >> >> If you go the hub route, you would have to leave the handbrakes in >> place.... >> >> J >> > -- 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/11f77665-12ed-4fef-8ac9-99d6b07749ffn%40googlegroups.com.
