I was out yesterday and the chain was skipping (side to side) on the three largest sprockets. Cable tension was out, was fine when not under pressure, but skipped when under load. Reindexed on the side of the road, all fine after that. Worth checking if it is skipping and not skating.
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OP
OP
Tin Pot
Guru
No stiff link, and it's definitely skipping over the top.
But it's pretty much any gear, slightly less worse on the big ring than the little.
It was good in a way in that it stopped me hammering anything at Ride 100, but my god it's annoying.
Sometimes it's like it's just slipped one tooth, a big "Chung!" And carries on. Sometimes it slips/catches/slips/catches and so forth until I switch to a gear I'm putting a low enough torque on.
Forget standing on the pedal to start from a standstill.
As I said before the shifting is perfect in the workstand and very quiet on the whole otherwise...
But it's pretty much any gear, slightly less worse on the big ring than the little.
It was good in a way in that it stopped me hammering anything at Ride 100, but my god it's annoying.
Sometimes it's like it's just slipped one tooth, a big "Chung!" And carries on. Sometimes it slips/catches/slips/catches and so forth until I switch to a gear I'm putting a low enough torque on.
Forget standing on the pedal to start from a standstill.
As I said before the shifting is perfect in the workstand and very quiet on the whole otherwise...
gaijintendo
Veteran
- Location
- Scotchland
I'm pretty sure when could make a chain slip roulette... but is there any way you have a few too many links in your chain? If it was a bit loose it would allow some rotation, and then this kind of nonsense.
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gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
What wheel is that on. While I've never suffered cassette wear that caused skipping / slippage so cant comment on that equally likely cause. that does sound like a freehub problem.
How old is the transmission, how much wear is currently on the chain, how many chains to the current cassette are the questions I'd be asking myself.
confusedcyclist
Veteran
I experienced this myself with a worn cassette when I fitted a new chain to it, replace them both.
KneesUp
Guru
Was going to say the same - one of mine does this and I know it's a stiff link (because I made a mess of shortening it ...)
You know how to loosen most stiff links?
KneesUp
Guru
I've gone for put a load of oil on and just ride it - it needs a new chain anyway and I can live with it until I get around to it / when I find the bl**dy chain tool.
