chain slip

[bpsmith]

It was such a statement of the bleedin' obvious I couldn't summon the will to reply.

But it was also needlessly and pointlessly argumentative, as so often happens around here these days.

It is not possible to cover every eventuality in a short reply, as the likes of you well know.

But still you persist in smart arse one liners.

What you get out of it, only you know.

Wasn't being argumentitive. I was being serious. You didn't fail to cover every eventuality, you specifically said that you "don't think its a bent hanger as was fine for the first 100 miles". The OP will then write that off as a potential issue and may fail to find the problem.

Since when did a difference of opinion, also shared by @Yellow Saddle above and who you failed to include in this response, become bitchiness @Tojo ?

You guys have read it all wrong.

 

[Pale Rider]

Wasn't being argumentitive. I was being serious. You didn't fail to cover every eventuality, you specifically said that you "don't think its a bent hanger as was fine for the first 100 miles". The OP will then write that off as a potential issue and may fail to find the problem.

Since when did a difference of opinion, also shared by @Yellow Saddle above and who you failed to include in this response, become bitchiness @Tojo ?

You guys have read it all wrong.

Assumptions are always risky on a forum, but the gears were working. the OP is apparently being very careful with his new bike and had not mentioned he had dropped it, or clouted the gears taking it in and out of the shed.

In normal use, I think it unlikely hanger will bend itself, so: gears working to start with and absence of any evidence of subsequent impact tends to suggest the hanger is straight.

 

[bpsmith]

Assumptions are always risky on a forum, but the gears were working. the OP is apparently being very careful with his new bike and had not mentioned he had dropped it, or clouted the gears taking it in and out of the shed.

In normal use, I think it unlikely hanger will bend itself, so: gears working to start with and absence of any evidence of subsequent impact tends to suggest the hanger is straight.

I can see your logic, although you don't always realise when gently knocking a hanger. Not going to argue otherwise as that wasn't my goal.

 

[EasyPeez]

A workstand make life so much easier especially for adjusting gears. Also handy for washing the bike and a worthwhile investment at under £30

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BIKE-BICYCLE-CYCLE-MAINTENANCE-MECHANIC-REPAIR-FOLDING-WORK-STAND-MOUNTAIN-TOOL-/360789298882?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item5400b7cec2

Another £30 should get you a good starter toolkit or buy tools as required. Having the tool kit to hand will make you more likely to take a repair/maintenance task on though.

I got that very stand in the post this week
Going to rig it up tonight and have a faff with the indexing.

But before I do I guess I need to check my hanger. Is there any scientific method/tool required here? (I know you need a tool for adjusting, but I'm just talking about checking at this point). Or is it just a case of using your eyes and something straight?

 

[EasyPeez]

Here's my hanger if that helps. Sorry for poor pic quality on work camera!

 

[JMAG]

I got that very stand in the post this week
Going to rig it up tonight and have a faff with the indexing.

Loads of videos on youtube bud. I found this one quite useful.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbk5RcH0bbQ


I don't really look at the alignment of the hanger itself as all the info you need is in how it shifts - unless it's bent of course.

 

[EasyPeez]

Well, I watched the videos, I read the advice on here, I referred to my Haynes book, I fiddled and I faffed and could I buggery get it sorted. After cursing myself for being so useless I rang the LBS in York and booked it in for a first service. On dropping it off I explained to the mech that it was just a bedding in issue and that I was embarrassed not to be able to index it myself and would appreciate it if he could take 5 mins to show me how. He said they were rushed off their feet but that it should just be a 10min job and he'd try to show me how if I could come back at 5pm to pick it up, as it would be quieter then.

On returning at 5pm I was surprised to hear that he had worked on the bike for 90mins without success, and in the end had had to fit a new cable and new chain to solve the problem. So that made me feel less of a failure! The bike is running like a sewing machine now, better than it ever did when I first picked it up.
Now I guess I get to go through the 'bedding in' process all over again in a couple of hundred miles!

 

[sannesley]

Good find there JMAG. I've just ordered one of those stands from that "well known online auction site", should come in handy

The stand arrived today and setting it up was a cinch. Really solid and light at the same time. A great buy. It will definitely come in handy when doing any maintainence on my bikes