chain suck

[Adventure Girl]

Originally posted by Trek420
Hah! deraileurs are not un-sexy, it depends on the deraileur.

Spoken like a true Campy Gal!! I am an un-sexy Dura-Acer, myself. DAMN, that Campy is beautiful!

[Trek420]

Adventure Girl sayz "DAMN, that Campy is beautiful!"

Dura ace is NOT sexy? Isn't that Shimano's best of the best? As an ex-ultegra gal I'm crushed...

[Trek420]

Irulan wrote "no one has really discussed operator error as a cause for chain suck. As much as I HATE to admit it, I'm convinced that maybe 50% of my chain problems were/are due to shifting under load..."

Irulan, you're right, you're always right, you're never wrong ;-)

...just back from a 30 mile group ride that I've had chain problems on in the past. Cleaned my bike the night before so it's not that. (forgot to pump air into the tires..doh! One of the Velo Girls had a floor pump, note to myself put one in the car) Today's goal "I'm NOT going to throw the chain."

Someone wrote "good cyclists shift with their eyes", funny thing is I hardly ever have problems on the big hill up to Pulgas Water Temple, it's after that. This time as I approached my nemisis hill I picked a gear that "I can live with this to the top". Like Dubya says I "missunderestimated myself" but rather than change under load just figured when I get to the top if I have anything left I'll drill accelerating over the crest. Which I did, so I did.

[bikerbarb]

Hey, I just found out what that is! I bought a new Jamis Aurora bike last spring. I have had problems all along with the chain siezing when I shifted to the lowest gears. While on a tour this summer two different mechanics tried to fix it, playing with the front derailleur. I repeatedly took it back to the shop only to be abused by the macho jerks telling me I didn't know how to ride the bike. It now has 1700 miles on it. I took it a couple weeks ago to a Trek selling shop that did work on my daughter's bike and they not only diagnosed it, but contacted the manufacturer who sent--for free-- new chain rings! That was the problem! They even told the bike shop owner to put a new chain on it too. These chain rings are aluminum and better quality than the originals. The key to the diagnosis was the chipped paint from where it was being sucked back up into the chainrings.
I'm thinking about what to go back and tell the macho jerk. Not only is he not as smart as he thinks, but his manufacturer is better than him. And he lost a customer.

[Trek420]

wow, forgot about this one. I rarely have this problem now , the Campy has broken in but sometimes if I haven't cleaned the chain (and I'm good about that, my one bike repair skill) it'll do it or the above and afore mentioned operator error, shift too low, no gears left....man I miss Flightdeck ;-)