I have thrown the chain off the outside ring (i.e. the chain goes too far outside) and off the inside ring (i.e. it goes too far inside). I have fiddled with the limit screws and followed the riv install a derailer video, by my eye things look right.
Setup questions: I have the Alpina FD 8 speed casette Sugino 46 36 24 crank Joe - what do you mean by choosing the front ring by "conditions" - can you elaborate? I have tried shifting slowly/lightly and also more quickly, and have had the same problems (chain throwing, slipping under load). 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/-/8o5sJ6mgBnYJ. 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.
