> Doug: I'm getting it mostly on the granny ring, sometimes on the > middle, with the rear derailer on the smaller cogs. Almost exclusively > on dirty, so probably fairly bumpy.
Granny on the smaller cogs means not much tension on the chain. Shift to the granny & big cog, and note where the RD cage is and feel the chain tension. Then shift out to a small cog & you'll see the cage swing way back to take up the slack. Feel the chain tension. It will be a lot less. Then try the same observation in the middle & big rings. On the big you may want to forgo using the largest 2 cogs as the chain tension gets high and the angle kinda extreme. IME the combinations of the granny & the 3 or 4 largest cogs is fairly reliable. By the time you're out to the middle of cluster, it's time to shift to the middle. In the middle ring you should be able to use all the cogs reliably. What I've found (the hard way, of course) is I'd climb a steep hill on the granny & big cog, go over the top, shift up a few cogs for the downhill, bounce around a bit & the chain would either fall off to the inside or get sucked up against the stay. A more experienced rider suggested shifting to the middle ring once over the top so as to put some tension on the chain for the bouncy downhill. dougP On Feb 17, 6:25 am, Paul Yeoh <rawfoodcuis...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks again to everyone for your replies. > > Doug: I'm getting it mostly on the granny ring, sometimes on the > middle, with the rear derailer on the smaller cogs. Almost exclusively > on dirty, so probably fairly bumpy. > > Cyclofiend: Hmm... its hard to say. I will have to get some opinions > from Gernot and Kip when I see them. > > Michael: The XD2 is totally stock. > > Thomas: Yes, I emailed Keven about the different spindle sizes and he > replied to say the site was out of date with regards to that little > fact. Thanks for sharing your configuration info. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
