AHHH. What the HECK!!

[NewRoadie]

For those who might recall I bought a roadbike about 2 months ago.
With only 400 miles on it I noticed that the teeth on the big and
middle chainring which are at the arm of the crankshaft are VERY worn.
About 3 teeth on each side are half gone.

What am I doing wrong? Am I not supposed to shift while peddling hard?

The components are Sora, which I'm aware are not the best, but surely
to goodness it's something that I'm doing.

Thanks!
NewRoadie

 

[Ryan Fisher]

there are several teeth on chainrings that are smaller to aid in shifting
etc. so they are not nessiccerily worn out.
you should try not to shift under heavy pedaling/load though

<NewRoadie> wrote in message
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> For those who might recall I bought a roadbike about 2 months ago.
> With only 400 miles on it I noticed that the teeth on the big and
> middle chainring which are at the arm of the crankshaft are VERY worn.
> About 3 teeth on each side are half gone.
>
> What am I doing wrong? Am I not supposed to shift while peddling hard?
>
> The components are Sora, which I'm aware are not the best, but surely
> to goodness it's something that I'm doing.
>
> Thanks!
> NewRoadie
>
>

 

[NewRoadie]

So maybe they were smaller to start with, hmmmm. I had never noticed
but that makes sense.

NewRoadie

On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 15:00:15 -0500, "Ryan Fisher" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>there are several teeth on chainrings that are smaller to aid in shifting
>etc. so they are not nessiccerily worn out.
>you should try not to shift under heavy pedaling/load though
>
><NewRoadie> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> For those who might recall I bought a roadbike about 2 months ago.
>> With only 400 miles on it I noticed that the teeth on the big and
>> middle chainring which are at the arm of the crankshaft are VERY worn.
>> About 3 teeth on each side are half gone.
>>
>> What am I doing wrong? Am I not supposed to shift while peddling hard?
>>
>> The components are Sora, which I'm aware are not the best, but surely
>> to goodness it's something that I'm doing.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> NewRoadie
>>
>>
>

 

[Steve]

On 11/6/04 11:46 AM, in article [email protected],
"NewRoadie" <NewRoadie> wrote:

> For those who might recall I bought a roadbike about 2 months ago.
> With only 400 miles on it I noticed that the teeth on the big and
> middle chainring which are at the arm of the crankshaft are VERY worn.
> About 3 teeth on each side are half gone.
>
> What am I doing wrong? Am I not supposed to shift while peddling hard?
>
> The components are Sora, which I'm aware are not the best, but surely
> to goodness it's something that I'm doing.
>
> Thanks!
> NewRoadie
>
>

Troll..............

 

[NewRoadie]

On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 21:56:58 GMT, Steve <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On 11/6/04 11:46 AM, in article [email protected],
>"NewRoadie" <NewRoadie> wrote:
>
>> For those who might recall I bought a roadbike about 2 months ago.
>> With only 400 miles on it I noticed that the teeth on the big and
>> middle chainring which are at the arm of the crankshaft are VERY worn.
>> About 3 teeth on each side are half gone.
>>
>> What am I doing wrong? Am I not supposed to shift while peddling hard?
>>
>> The components are Sora, which I'm aware are not the best, but surely
>> to goodness it's something that I'm doing.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> NewRoadie
>>
>>
>
>Troll..............

Why are you calling me a troll? Maybe, as has been pointed out, my
question is somewhat silly and something I should have known but I
wasn't joking.

I'd rather be mistaken for a troll than revealed as a jerkoff.

NewRoadie