Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Bluesky Threads I'm about as bike illiterate as you can get and I changed a chain for the first time. It's skipping and clicking when I spin the pedals. It's an 8 soeed road bike. Chain is KMC X8. Is the chain too long? by GurPuzzled8255 Bicycling Bike Bike Repair Biking Cycling Repair
GurPuzzled8255 on October 30, 2025 11:42 pm To clarify, it seems ok on the largest rear cog, but on the smallest rear cog it seems like the chain jumps/ skips
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To clarify, it seems ok on the largest rear cog, but on the smallest rear cog it seems like the chain jumps/ skips
Looks long to me. Go watch the Park Tool video on YT.
You can shorten that chain at least a link.