on 10/10/11 12:29 PM, Steve Palincsar at palin...@his.com wrote: > On Mon, 2011-10-10 at 09:05 -0600, PATRICK MOORE wrote: >> if you spend most of your time with a >> straight chain, perhaps the chain will jump less? > > Probably not, since mostly from what I've read this happens on bumpy > roads. IOW, it's not the angle that sets this off, it's the fact that > the chain is jumping up and down. From what I've read. I have no > personal experience.
Yeah, it's more to do with slack in the system while negotiating bumpy terrain. Doesn't necessarily have to be off pavement - sharp ripples can just throw a wave into the chain that the derailleur can't tension out. - J -- Jim Edgar cyclofi...@earthlink.net ³Velvet pillows, safari parks, sunglasses: people have become woolly mice. They still have bodies that can walk for five days and four nights through a desert of snow, without food, but they accept praise for having taken a one-hour bicycle ride.² - Tim Krabbe, "The Rider" Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes Send In Your Photos! - Here's how: http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines -- 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.
