baldilocks Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 thats what the sprocket guard is doing as long as the wheel is going the right way fingers shouldnt get between sprocket and chain 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmseven Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Guess we will all be riding belt driven or battery bikes next Bloody elf "n" safety Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofasttim Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 (edited) thats what the sprocket guard is doing as long as the wheel is going the right way fingers shouldnt get between sprocket and chain Fair point Glen. I hadn't thought about that way. I'd assumed the sprocket guard was there to protect the sprocket from rocks not fingers from sprockets. Edited June 18, 2013 by toofasttim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie_lejeune Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Fair point Glen. I hadn't thought about that way. I'd assumed the sprocket guard was there to protect the sprocket from rocks not fingers from sprockets. I'd say it was designed to protect the sprocket from rocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldilocks Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 it may also provide some limited protection to the sprocket but if that was its main purpose it wouldnt be made from tupperware. It does stop fingers going in if its correctly fitted and not damaged. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel dabster Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Dabster: what about the teeth on the sprocket? They can sever digits just as well as the holes but nobody has attempted a work-around for them. They can but when minders grab bikes its the guillotine effect they are trying to stop I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadof2 Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 I think "dead mans switches" are a good idea although I don't have one on my bike (yet) Regarding rear sprocket guards, my 76 OSSA MAR did not have one and I still have the scars to prove it on the fleshy part under my forearm from when I dropped the bike, slipped and fell on it. It was extremely painful and kept me off the bike for 2 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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