You have a ‘narrow-wide’ chainring – the teeth alternate narrow and wide to better keep the chain from falling off, but the wide links in the chain are lined up with the narrow teeth on the ring and vice versa. ayou just need to lift the chain off and move it one tooth forward or back.
FutureDatedReference on
If that’s a narrow wide chainring, the chain is on the chainring wrong, that would definitely cause issues. I know some brands do left/right teeth instead of narrow/wide so if that’s the case it’s probably something else, can’t tell from this angle though.
Individual-Proof1626 on
In addition to the other posts, it appears that your chainring is also visibly worn.
Rane_es_dum on
Just wanted to say, your chain is sitting properly on your chainring. The people saying otherwise are unfamiliar with how praxis chainrings work. They do not have any traditional narrow wide tooth pattern. They use “wave technology” so they look backwards compared to narrow wide.
Vylnce on
Why is everything wet? Are you cleaning with a pressure washer?
Aretoo2738 on
All of those things may be true. But let’s start with the things we can deal with right now. Let’s start by re-indexing the gears and make sure that it’s shifting right on the gears and not going over or under then we can worry about the more esoteric wear issues.
bigredbicycles on
What is clunkiness? Skipping, excess noise, jumping gears?
purdygoat on
Do you have any other details?
Have you indexed gears? If you have and are still having issues, maybe a bent hanger? It’s hard to know without more details.
SenseNo635 on
Oh boy. I hate to tell you this but it looks like crank fluid all over everything. You probably broke the reservoir. Suggest you buy a new bike.
ReciprocationProps on
Your derailer idlers are full o boogers from what I can see, check for gunk in the assembly. Something in the idler cage could cause uneven tension if it’s going in and out of the chain path
Smurry2015 on
Check if the front crank is loose and mine felt that way too with the same rear derailleur I had knocked it but felt like a much smoother ride when it was changed
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You have a ‘narrow-wide’ chainring – the teeth alternate narrow and wide to better keep the chain from falling off, but the wide links in the chain are lined up with the narrow teeth on the ring and vice versa. ayou just need to lift the chain off and move it one tooth forward or back.
If that’s a narrow wide chainring, the chain is on the chainring wrong, that would definitely cause issues. I know some brands do left/right teeth instead of narrow/wide so if that’s the case it’s probably something else, can’t tell from this angle though.
In addition to the other posts, it appears that your chainring is also visibly worn.
Just wanted to say, your chain is sitting properly on your chainring. The people saying otherwise are unfamiliar with how praxis chainrings work. They do not have any traditional narrow wide tooth pattern. They use “wave technology” so they look backwards compared to narrow wide.
Why is everything wet? Are you cleaning with a pressure washer?
All of those things may be true. But let’s start with the things we can deal with right now. Let’s start by re-indexing the gears and make sure that it’s shifting right on the gears and not going over or under then we can worry about the more esoteric wear issues.
What is clunkiness? Skipping, excess noise, jumping gears?
Do you have any other details?
Have you indexed gears? If you have and are still having issues, maybe a bent hanger? It’s hard to know without more details.
Oh boy. I hate to tell you this but it looks like crank fluid all over everything. You probably broke the reservoir. Suggest you buy a new bike.
Your derailer idlers are full o boogers from what I can see, check for gunk in the assembly. Something in the idler cage could cause uneven tension if it’s going in and out of the chain path
Check if the front crank is loose and mine felt that way too with the same rear derailleur I had knocked it but felt like a much smoother ride when it was changed
How often do you clean your bike?