Drivetrain Sprocket

[Cothron Theiss]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

I understand what you and Chris are saying. I'm just saying that if a team had some legitimate need to use sprockets with a larger diameter than the width of the tubes, the chain can be placed on the outboard sides of the drive rails (between the drive rails and the wheels). You sacrifice some of the spatial economy of a WCD (particularly those with gearboxes designed for interior chain runs), but it would facilitate the use of larger sprockets/pulleys.

If you did that, couldn't you go with dead axles on the outer wheels? Otherwise, I'd be concerned about putting the wheel so far out from the bearing supports.