I needed a small chainring when I did my winter overhaul on the Hilsen. New chain and the hooky teeth wanted to pull it up like precursor to chainsuck. They were pretty sharkfin-ish.
On Monday, April 16, 2012 11:48:18 AM UTC-7, Lynne Fitz wrote: > > Check your chainrings. That was the problem I had, once. Replaced > the chain. Replaced the cassette. Finally took it into the shop. > Head mechanic: "did no one look at your chainrings?" > > Bleriot's chainrings (13500+ mi) are starting to look suspect, but > nothing is skipping... yet. > > Lynne > > On Apr 16, 9:16 am, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <thill....@gmail.com> > wrote: > > If it is the smallest cog only, then the stiff link hypothesis has a > point in its favor, as the stiff link will be most obvious on the smallest > cog, which has the tightest curvature. > > > > You can generally buy a small cog for your cassette if it turns out to > be worn. Seems unlikely, because most people don't ride many miles on the > smallest cog...unless they're also riding in one of the smaller chainrings. > This "cross-chaining" practice prematurely wears cogs, rings, and chains > and should be avoided. -- 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/-/nQ0Q25aq_dcJ. 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.
