Go Back   Cycling Forums » Bikes » Cycling Equipment
Reload this Page Chain slipping problems
Cycling Equipment Need some advice on cycling equipment? Do you have a buckled wheel? Problems with your gears? Need help truing a wheel?













Chain slipping problems

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1  
Old 11-29.-2008
Registered User
  
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 4
Rep Power: 0
Monsta will become famous soon enough
Default Chain slipping problems
Hi Guys,

I think the chain on my new bike has stretched which is causung the chain to slip whilst I'm riding.

Can anyone help explain to a novice how to fix it?

Thanks
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 11-29.-2008
Registered User
  
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 2,829
Rep Power: 20
alfeng will become famous soon enough
Default Re: Chain slipping problems
Quote:
Originally Posted by Monsta
I think the chain on my new bike has stretched which is causung the chain to slip whilst I'm riding.

Can anyone help explain to a novice how to fix it?
If the bike is new, then the odds of the chain being stretched are small ...

The possibility that the (rear) derailleur's cable has stretched is more likely ...

You can EITHER bring the bike back to the shop for maintenance (which they should do for "FREE" for the first six months to a year ... some shops will make MINOR adjustments for free for more than a year) ... OR, do it yourself.

Presuming the 'shop' set up the indexing properly, you simply need to tweak the cable's tension to restore the indexing ...

You can check the PARK TOOL website (http://www.parktool.com/repair/readhowto.asp?id=64) for some maintenance tips ...
Reply With Quote

  #3  
Old 11-29.-2008
Registered User
  
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 4
Rep Power: 0
Monsta will become famous soon enough
Default Re: Chain slipping problems
Quote:
Originally Posted by alfeng
If the bike is new, then the odds of the chain being stretched are small ...

The possibility that the (rear) derailleur's cable has stretched is more likely ...

You can EITHER bring the bike back to the shop for maintenance (which they should do for "FREE" for the first six months to a year ... some shops will make MINOR adjustments for free for more than a year) ... OR, do it yourself.

Presuming the 'shop' set up the indexing properly, you simply need to tweak the cable's tension to restore the indexing ...



You can check the PARK TOOL website (http://www.parktool.com/repair/readhowto.asp?id=64) for some maintenance tips ...
thanks man, will give it a go
Reply With Quote

Reply

Bookmarks

Tags
chain, problems, slipping

« new carbon stiff race custum meivici, bmcand tyleres fuji | What tires would you use for this??? »
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes
Linear Mode Linear Mode

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 10:42 AM.
Thanks to vBET 3.2.2 enjoy automatic translations
Powered by: vBulletin Copyright © 2000 - 2009, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.3.0
Copyright © 2001 - 2009 cyclingforums.com

Cycling Forums - Archive - Privacy Statement - Top
Automatic Translations (Powered by Powered by Google):
Bulgarian Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Finnish French German Italian Japanese Korean Norwegian Polish Portuguese Spanish Swedish