Bill, He needs to look at the chain ring teeth if they are sharp then he'll need to replace same goes for the cassette, my understanding is that the issue is throwing on a new chain with worn out chain rings and cassette teeth will result in poor shifting and destroy a perfectly good chain.
`Hugh Best, ~Hugh On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Bill Lindsay <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Measure it before you replace it, though. If it is horribly stretched, > you may be replacing the entire drivetrain. Chain + cogset + chainrings. > If the chain is horribly stretched and you only replace the chain, a new > chain might be even worse. Measure first to get a sneak preview. > > > On Thursday, October 31, 2013 4:24:14 PM UTC-7, hsmitham wrote: >> >> Deacon, >> >> Ah yes replace chain...it's not expensive, you Scots. Grin >> >> I've had chain suck once and it was my fault starting a climb as I waited >> too long to gear up and feather the front derailleur. I could imagine that >> though you geared up at an appropriate time that the chain wasn't fully >> engaged with said cog resulting in an alignment issue exacerbated at the >> trail end of the front derailleur pushing the chain down between chain stay >> and derailleur. >> >> ~Hugh >> >> On Thursday, October 31, 2013 3:35:22 PM UTC-7, Deacon Patrick wrote: >>> >>> This isn’t happening when shifting, it’s new and happening when well >>> established in gear with gear mostly happy (it makes some noise in lowest >>> gear that it doesn’t in higher ones), cranking up a steep hill. Especially >>> happens if I stand to peddle. All suggestions welcome. >>> >>> Possible fixes would seem to be: >>> — remove, clean, lube chain (it’s been 18 months) >>> — monkey with front derailure adjustment. Help here appreciated. I’m >>> over my head on that one. >>> — Other ideas? >>> >>> With abandon, >>> Patrick >>> >>> *www.MindYourHeadCoop.org* >>> *www.OurHolyConception.org* >>> >>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/lfKKZqw0xR4/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
