FD was from Riv, I had them do the setup last year when I got the bike. It would surprise me if I had already worn out either a chainring or a casette, only rode the Sam for the end of the summer until now, less than 1,000 miles I would imagine.
slipping on the cogs, not the rings. have read the sheldon article on chains, and also the one on chain slip. I tried some grease underneath the bb to see if that will help. was just more interested in riding tips than troubleshooting the derailer stuff, as I have seen lots of tips on the derailers but not much on the riding. 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/-/o-52SIuvHXAJ. 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.
