I sized the chain too the same as the old one inner river to inner rivet so it should be the exact same, however I noticed shifting was quite poor right of the bat, grinding noises and the derailleur looked like this on big/big.
by kenkaneki911
I sized the chain too the same as the old one inner river to inner rivet so it should be the exact same, however I noticed shifting was quite poor right of the bat, grinding noises and the derailleur looked like this on big/big.
by kenkaneki911
14 Comments
No. That is a gear you should generally avoid.
How does it look little and little? Doesn’t look awful here, but you should avoid cross chaining anyways.
nope, that looks right.
That looks about right. It should be pretty tight on big-big, so that it is not sagging on small-small. The poor shifting might be the stiff grease on the new chain. Your B-screw appears to be correctly adjusted.
It doesn’t look too stressed, but if you sized the new one to the old one and the old one was stretched out, you’ve got an extra link or two in the new one.
Did you only change the chain? If so, did you make sure it’s the correct type? Also, r/bikewrench is generally a better place to post these questions.
You may need to index the gears if it’s not shifting nicely and you’re hearing weird noises. Search on you tube for park tools video about gear indexing.
Its 3×8 ? Chain should not bend more that 2°. You ware both chainrings and chain with that. If you can tell how much is degrees, there’s a site that calculates and visualy shows your gears, chain and usage.
Edit:
https://www.gear-calculator.com/?GR=DERS&KB=32,42,53&RZ=13,12,15,17,19,21,23,26&UF=2215&TF=90&SL=2.1&UN=KMH&DV=teeth
doubtful. You should never cross chain as such.
You’re good. Never ride big to big. No need.
Look up YouTube videos on cross chaining and how to shift. It sounds really basic but there’s a lot of people out there with good info on why this isn’t great for your drivetrain.
To OP: You are fine.
To Others: Here is a blast from the past: Before suspension of any kind or “clutch” transmissions, we used to ride big/big on long, steep, rutty downhills to avoid really vicious chain slap. You’re in a useless gear, but you’re not pedaling anyway. You’re holding onto a jackhammer for dear life.
Chain is good to go
That combination is a no no
You can ride it but there are better combinations
The best way to size a chain is to loop over the largest front and rear chain rings then overlap the ends by two lengths. Don’t run the chain through the derailleurs when you do this.
The chain length is fine, but the only reason you should put it in a big-big setup like this is, if you make a mistake and put your bike in this gear while riding, it won’t result in catastrophic failure of something, if you’re lucky just the chain but I’ve heard of derailleur and chain damage too.
Cross chaining like this causes all sorts of wear to the chain, rings and sprockets. You should try to keep the chain as inline with the bike direction as possible, so Big-small, med-med and small-big combinations. A big-big combo like this will be not nearly as good as a med-med.