Hows your chainline? Is your chain properly lubed?
TankMagoo on
Chain might be a wee too tight.
atsessions on
I love this question. I’ve seen it alot and it took me a while to fix it on my bikes. The teeth on the cog pull the chain down when releasing the chain from the cog. The noise is the chain getting pulled down then bouncing back up. The fix is to use a cog with shorter teeth or more easily, use a larger chain ring. For maximum quiet I prefer big chainrings and big cogs. 51T+ and 17T+. The chainring you’re using looks small and so does the cog. Also, Phil Wood cogs have some of the longest teeth not sure if that’s what you’re using. But thought I’d add that.
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chains too tight, try moving your wheel forward a little at a time, giving a few mm of less space on your drop outs n see if that helps.
Quit_Your_Bitchin on
Try stop turning the peddles.
wumpuscat724 on
Yep chain tension is off
Quantis_Ottawa on
The mute button
[deleted] on
Chain looks tight. Chainrings / bolt holes aren’t always perfectly round / aligned. Add a touch of slack and the whole thing will run smoother
smokeyjaymo on
Does it sound like a rollercoaster going up hill? That’s what mine sounded like, I think it was the chain line. I put a new chain on in the end and the sound went.
Jak____1 on
Easy, take off the pedals
pondshrimp on
Walk 🚶♂️
tafsirunnahian on
Chain seems too tight, also maybe the crank is bent a little bit. I’ve similar problem where the chain was too tight and the chainring was also a little bent. The rattling noise of those rollers also indicates that the chain is not properly lubed.
RecIsWack on
Lube your chain nerd
[deleted] on
fix your chain tension. move the wheel a little bit closer and try again
Botskiitto on
Might be same problem as I had, the chainring being too small. What I mean with this is the bolts of the chainring are so close to the teeth that the chain actually hits the end of the crankarms or the chainring bolts every rotation, making really crunchy sound.
In my case I had 38t on 130bcd crankset which is the smallest possible tooth count you can have on 130bcd. Solution would be to get a bigger chainring.
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Hows your chainline? Is your chain properly lubed?
Chain might be a wee too tight.
I love this question. I’ve seen it alot and it took me a while to fix it on my bikes. The teeth on the cog pull the chain down when releasing the chain from the cog. The noise is the chain getting pulled down then bouncing back up. The fix is to use a cog with shorter teeth or more easily, use a larger chain ring. For maximum quiet I prefer big chainrings and big cogs. 51T+ and 17T+. The chainring you’re using looks small and so does the cog. Also, Phil Wood cogs have some of the longest teeth not sure if that’s what you’re using. But thought I’d add that.
chains too tight, try moving your wheel forward a little at a time, giving a few mm of less space on your drop outs n see if that helps.
Try stop turning the peddles.
Yep chain tension is off
The mute button
Chain looks tight. Chainrings / bolt holes aren’t always perfectly round / aligned. Add a touch of slack and the whole thing will run smoother
Does it sound like a rollercoaster going up hill? That’s what mine sounded like, I think it was the chain line. I put a new chain on in the end and the sound went.
Easy, take off the pedals
Walk 🚶♂️
Chain seems too tight, also maybe the crank is bent a little bit. I’ve similar problem where the chain was too tight and the chainring was also a little bent. The rattling noise of those rollers also indicates that the chain is not properly lubed.
Lube your chain nerd
fix your chain tension. move the wheel a little bit closer and try again
Might be same problem as I had, the chainring being too small. What I mean with this is the bolts of the chainring are so close to the teeth that the chain actually hits the end of the crankarms or the chainring bolts every rotation, making really crunchy sound.
In my case I had 38t on 130bcd crankset which is the smallest possible tooth count you can have on 130bcd. Solution would be to get a bigger chainring.
Put it in rice