Drivetrain Sprocket

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by Cothron Theiss

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.

It's not significantly different loading in terms of bending for a live or dead axle here - the support is the same distance away in either case. There are good reasons to make the axles dead if you're going with the sprockets out method, though. It does increase the cantilever but not necessarily to the point of failure. I've heard of teams with plenty of success doing this sort of thing.

Not my first choice though.