I'm not quite sure what you mean by "throwing" chains on the big & granny gear, but assume you mean the chain overshifts and falls to the outside of the ring. If so there are three possible causes. The limit screws in the F dr may need to be tightened just a bit. You can also buy a chain stopper, which sits on the seat tube and prevents the chain from going past the ring. The only time I throw the chain across the big ring is when I try to shift the ring up while costing downhill. Don't do that!
What front derailler are you using & what ring combination? Some work better than others. Joe's advice is good. I would add that friction shifting a triple requires some finesse. Unlike a double you can not just slam the shifters around. You have to ease the shifter, even when you are shifting rapidly, as in rolling terrain. It sounds like you understand most of the basics, so just relax. I like friction shifters for a couple of reasons - they are very fast across a wide range of cogs and they require some skill, which adds to the fun of my riding. Are you using bar end or down tube. The former are easier to learn on and use, the latter are faster & can be done one handed. Michael 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/-/vk_BtvNpy00J. 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.
