Jim: I wouldn’t worry about this. The chain isn’t going to wear down the tire, but the tire might deposit a little dirt on the chain.
I have one or two bikes which have a very minor rubbing issue in one ring/cog combo that I use probably less than 1% of the time. I just live with it. --Eric N > On Feb 24, 2020, at 6:40 AM, Jim Whorton <jameswhorto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi-- > > I have noticed on my Clem that the chain rubs the rear tire slightly when the > bike is in lowest gear (small ring in front, big cog in back). It's a 59cm > Clem H, which I bought complete, so the bottom bracket, etc are as installed > by Riv. The tire is a 2" Kenda Kwick Nine and the cassette is a 9 speed. > > Anybody seen this before, or have advice on it? I don't see any weird wear > on the side of the tire--and of course I don't use that gear much, only > briefly on a steep incline--so maybe Riv set it up this way deliberately, > rather than going with a wider BB to avoid the rub in that gear. > > So maybe it's not a big deal. On the other hand, I'd rather not have the > chain rubbing the tire.... > > Jim > > > > > -- > 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/c34f4d2f-4e0f-444a-85f3-8426fc571c7b%40googlegroups.com. -- 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/C562CD9F-D08E-47C4-ACE5-585A59364FE4%40me.com.
