Chain doesn't act smoothly

mysrh

I have problem with the way my bike chain works. Sometimes, when I change the rear gear, the chain won't get into the cassette.
Another thing, the chain can also touch the front derailleur cage which then producing noise.

The ride has become unpleasant due to the noise and knowing that there's something wrong but I'm not sure why.

gclark8

Sounds like bike worn out!
Time for new bike! :D
Is the ash tray full?

mysrh

Good idea, George!

But so far as I know, my bike hasn't took cigarette yet.

capwater

I have problem with the way my bike chain works. Sometimes, when I change the rear gear, the chain won't get into the cassette.
Another thing, the chain can also touch the front derailleur cage which then producing noise.

The ride has become unpleasant due to the noise and knowing that there's something wrong but I'm not sure why.

Prob 1: Tweak the barrel adjuster on the rear derailler.
Prob 2: Assuming you are not crosschaining, this is also a simple adjustmernt.

Check out the repaair section of www.parktool.com for complete, step-by-step instructions.

artemidorus

Sounds like bike worn out!
Time for new bike! :D
Is the ash tray full?
Bastard.

alfeng

I have problem with the way my bike chain works. Sometimes, when I change the rear gear, the chain won't get into the cassette.
Another thing, the chain can also touch the front derailleur cage which then producing noise.

The ride has become unpleasant due to the noise and knowing that there's something wrong but I'm not sure why.
Okay, without going along with you for a ride, I would say that you are trying to shift onto one of the larger cogs WITHOUT shifting off the largest chainring ...

Use the middle (or, if available & if/when necessary, granny) BEFORE shifting onto the largest two cogs ... if the front derailleur's cable isn't stretched to the point of throwing the indexing out of alignment, using the middle chainring rather than simply shifting to a larger-and-subsequently-larger rear cog will probably resolve the noise of the chain rubbing against the derailleur cage.

gclark8

Bastard.OH $#!T !! :eek:

You have evidence of this? :o

Both my Mum and Dad are dead, but I'm sure they would have told me before they died and I spent all my life thinking my Mother was a Virgin.... :confused:

Rockslayer

I have problem with the way my bike chain works. Sometimes, when I change the rear gear, the chain won't get into the cassette.
Another thing, the chain can also touch the front derailleur cage which then producing noise.

The ride has become unpleasant due to the noise and knowing that there's something wrong but I'm not sure why.

I think I had the same problem on my bike, like rubbing noise on the front derailer cage and rough change on the back,. Guy in bike shop said in my case Raceface Crankset and Shim XT Derailuer not well paired, cage too short/long or whatever for the range of gears so he had to do some fancy bending work with some pliers to help it align better. Depending on the components you may not get the full range of gears without any noise. He just adjusted them so its quiet when Im in my most commonly used gears.

The rear cassette could be loose so the distances between gears may not be equal.

I still get noise with largest front and largest back or the granny front and smalls rear cog. (yeah its MTB so Im allowed to have a granny!!) I Just find another combo to use.

Option 2 get a single speeder hahaha :D

RussB

I agree with capwater. I've recently used the repair section on the parktool website. It allowed me to completely re-setup my front derailer (triple). After I completed the work and took it for a ride, I only had to make a couple of minor 1/4 turn adjustments and now it's perfect. www.parktool.com (http://www.parktool.com) is a great resource. It's a good learning experience too. Now I'm not worried about needing to make adjustments during my ride.