Does anyone have a good methodology for repainting a damaged chain stay? On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 12:11:02 PM UTC-6, William wrote: > > Chainsuck definitely is a huge bummer. It would be an even more huge a > bummer to have it happen on a brand new bike. Like Garth, I'm grateful to > have never had a bad instance of it. As a shop mechanic, I've seen it > plenty. If somebody challenged me to force it to happen on a brand new > bike, I wouldn't bet a lot of money that I could force it to happen. If I > had to make a chainsuck happen to save my life, and I only had one shot at > it, I would shift from big ring to middle ring in front, one of the smaller > cogs in back, under heavy load. > > On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 10:22:03 AM UTC-7, Garth wrote: >> >> >> >> On Monday, March 11, 2013 4:41:22 PM UTC-4, Shoji Takahashi wrote: >>> >>> Thanks, Jim, RE: conjecture. Does chain suck happen more often with >>> certain types of derailers? I would guess that ones with weaker >>> chain-tensioner springs would chain suck more often. (Perhaps something >>> w/long cage vs short cage given the chain angle.) Seems like the chain-suck >>> descriptions I'm familiar with (=not many) don't mention the rear derailer >>> used. >>> >>> Then again, this is probably starting to over think the situation, and I >>> need to go out and ride more. :) >>> >>> >>> That may be part of it, as well as "monkey see problem in another, >> monkey start to have problem". The springs in modern derailers are weak >> compared to those from even the 7,8 speed ones. I have a Shimano LX rear >> 9sp. that flops the chain all over the place with bumps, but an XT 8 speed >> and older Shimano from the 80's do not. >> >> That said, I still have not experienced , ever ... lol. >> >
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