16v4nrbrgr
Active Member
Glad to see they were able to help you out KnockKnock! The big ol' 80t Rebel made me for my OCC hasn't worn a bit, and at high speed that thing must be zinging along at 3000 RPM!
King's Sales & Sprockets just SUCKS!
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culvercityclassic
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Thanks for posting another vendor that we can use. I am sure it will help me and other builders
KnockKnock
New Member
You're very welcome, and I do hope that you and others find it helpful. I ordered my sprocket in between Christmas and New Years, and to be honest, I expected it to take MUCH longer since most everyone was still in "holiday-mode". I'm sure that they get busy, and of course customer service may not always be what it was for me in this instance, but they got an A+ on this one. I don't know how they go about such things, but it sure would be nice if we could somehow convince Rebel Gears to sponsor our forum. Based on this experience, I think RG has the potential to make a lot of members here into very happy customers. Kk
Goat Herder
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Rebel Gears is? ''Manic Mechanic'' not much better IME lol...... Oh boy that history! I can see where this is going.
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KnockKnock
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I really had no idea. I'm still a NOOB to all this, so I've got a lot to learn as far as what companies are affiliated - all I know is that I'm happy with the way things turned out.
EDIT: After a search, I didn't dig up anything on a Rebel/MM association. The websites have different DNS servers, and (not that it means a whole lot, but) the area code for MM is in Florida whereas the Rebel Gears address and phone number is listed in TN. I'm not saying that I doubt what you're telling me, but I either misinterpreted what you were saying or these two affiliate companies have a really unusual way of doing things if they're in tandem. Does anyone have a link to confirm this Manic/Rebel relationship for the forum?
...or if anyone has mercy on the newbie (me), can you say where this is allegedly going? LOL
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MotorBicycleRacing
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Rebel Gears has nothing to do with Manic Mechanic.
Also Manic Mechanic has had a really good new owner named George for a long time.
The adapter that George at MM gave as a prize at the Oct 19th race was really well machined and finished with all the edges nicely beveled.
Just ask headtrama #59 who won that MM prize.
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16v4nrbrgr
Active Member
Rebel Gears service was some of the best I've ever encountered from an automotive supplier, especially a custom machine shop. Their Southern hospitality was so nice it had me thinking I'd like to move to Tennessee someday, lol!
"Take me to another place..."
"Take me to another place..."
Goat Herder
Gutter Rider
Good to know
KnockKnock
New Member
Agreed, both reps that I spoke to were very polite and respectful. It's nice to see that "Sir", "Ma'am", "please", and "thank you" (formerly known as "common-courtesies") are still practiced. It maybe cheesy to some folks, but it made me feel like a valued patron worthy of their time and respect. Kk
MotorBicycleRacing
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Rebel Gears is a very good company that makes excellent sprockets but they don't make sprocket adapters which are the best way to attach them to the wheel.
Call George at Manic Mechanic to get very well made sprocket adapters and you will find that George is an A+++ Guy that is a little bewildered by the misinformation coming from forum members like Goat that had some kind of bad interaction with the previous owner Jim.
Goat Herder
Gutter Rider
Forgot to put a ? there. lol Say how is your ''Ken'' folk doing these days down there
Sounds like Rebel has sprockets..
mapbike
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Wow cant for the life of me figure out how anyone would come up with the idea that it was implied that Rebel Gears and Manic M were in any way associated. ....lol
After reading what MBR/ Neil said and all the other post its clear that he was simply saying that Manic M was offring really nice adapters that would nicely compliment the Sprocket that Rebel Gears made for my good buddy KK.
And by the way KK glad to hear you got such a nice sprocket now, that pic shows some nice work.
Cant wait to see your build ready for the maiden voyage......
Map
After reading what MBR/ Neil said and all the other post its clear that he was simply saying that Manic M was offring really nice adapters that would nicely compliment the Sprocket that Rebel Gears made for my good buddy KK.
And by the way KK glad to hear you got such a nice sprocket now, that pic shows some nice work.
Cant wait to see your build ready for the maiden voyage......
Map
KnockKnock
New Member
Wow cant for the life of me figure out how anyone would come up with the idea that it was implied that Rebel Gears and Manic M were in any way associated. ....lol
After reading what MBR/ Neil said and all the other post its clear that he was simply saying that Manic M was offring really nice adapters that would nicely compliment the Sprocket that Rebel Gears made for my good buddy KK.
And by the way KK glad to hear you got such a nice sprocket now, that pic shows some nice work.
Cant wait to see your build ready for the maiden voyage......
Map
OH!!! Now I get it. I think that Goat may have accidentally turned off the punctuation keys on his keyboard to start the confusion, but it would seem that Map has proven his usefulness yet again as an interpreter for those of us that are slow on the take - lol.
@ Goat: I was actually considering an MM adapter, but decided against it since my hub measures 1.445" instead of the recommended 1.54" hub for use with an adapter. I've heard that an aluminum-can-shim could make it work, but in the end, I figured a direct bolt-on sprocket would better suit my needs (and finances), for the time-being anyway.
At one time, I had found the bolt-pattern for both the MM adapter as well as the Sportsman 3-piece, but I think I may have lost them in the mix. I'll see if I can dig them up again in case anyone is interested in scooping up a Rebel sprocket to suit their respective adapters. Kk
EDIT: I was able to dig up those bolt patterns from here on the forums with great thanks to those that posted them.
Here we find that the Sportsman adapter is a 3/8" mounting bolt on 3x3.75" pattern.
I'm not sure what size hardware Manic uses, but here MBR is kind enough to share the MM adapter patterns for both large and small circle adapters:
Small = 3x3.125"
Large = 3x3.625"
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