>From the Master (Sheldon Brown): Everything you need to know about chain wear, >skipping, etc.:
http://sheldonbrown.com/chains.html --Eric N On Apr 17, 2012, at 4:34 PM, Michael Hechmer <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not familiar with that derailler. Make sure the derailler is only a > couple of mm above the big ring. Some deraillers, including the popular 105, > have such a long cage that they cannot be lowered down to a 46 ring without > hitting the chain stay. I use the Campy, which has a pretty short cage and > allows me to go right down to my 44 big ring. Also, when the chain is on the > big ring and small cog the outside of the derailler should be about 5 mm from > the chain. Ditto on the inside. With a triple, I always use a chain stop on > the inside. > > "Slipping under load?" do you mean on the rings? That suggest worn teeth. > Check for teeth that have a hook in their profile. If you mean on the cogs, > make sure the D rings are tight. I use Silver Shifters and find the D rings > stay pretty tight on the DT shifters but I regularly retighten the D rings on > my & my wife's BE shifters. After that you are probably experiencing a worn > chain or cog teeth. > > michael > > On Tuesday, April 17, 2012 7:05:41 PM UTC-4, Zack wrote: > I have thrown the chain off the outside ring (i.e. the chain goes too far > outside) and off the inside ring (i.e. it goes too far inside). I have > fiddled with the limit screws and followed the riv install a derailer video, > by my eye things look right. > > Setup questions: > > I have the Alpina FD > 8 speed casette > Sugino 46 36 24 crank > > Joe - what do you mean by choosing the front ring by "conditions" - can you > elaborate? > > I have tried shifting slowly/lightly and also more quickly, and have had the > same problems (chain throwing, slipping under load). > > On Tuesday, April 17, 2012 4:44:51 PM UTC-4, Zack wrote: > I noticed a discussion cropping up in the "New Chain Skipping" thread that I > thought it would be worthwhile to dedicate a thread to this, as I have been > thinking about it a bit - > > I am a relatively new bike rider, and change gears as it makes sense to me - > when i feel like i need more speed, i shift, when i feel like i am not going > to be able to get up the hill, i shift. > > But I never really learned the "right" way to do this. I have learned a > little about friction shifting just from poking around (lightening up on the > cranks when I am about to shift, as an example) but haven't seen a dedicated > thread to this, nor have I found a good resource. I know for many of you > this is intuitive basic stuff, but I never learned how to ride a bike from > anyone that actually knew what they are doing. > > I generally stay in the middle ring on my front chainring (I have a triple) > and use all of the back gears until I need more, and then I shift to either > the big or small chainring. I am cognizant of cross gearing, but am probably > guilty of doing it once in a while. > > I have consistently had problems with chains slipping, throwing chains (both > off the big and granny rings) across multiple bikes, which leads me to > believe I am part of the problem. > > So how do you ride to ensure that you are treating the bike the way it should > be treated? > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/-2bgi0HHhLUJ. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
