Hmmm. The problem really is just the fact that there is a pin there at all...I wonder--if I Dremeled out the fastener and removed it completely, mightn't I be better off?
On Oct 15, 11:49 am, "Doug Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's not a very elegant solution but you can whittle a piece of wood to > wedge in between the crank arm & chain ring. I've done this with generic > replacement rings that don't have the pin. > > As to proper adjustment & overshifting, hey, it happens to us all. It's > just that Fate couldn't resist when you were wearing a suit. At least she > waited until after you'd done your presentation! > > dougP > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy M-S > Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 3:30 AM > To: Bicycle Lifestyle > Subject: {BL} chain of fools? > > This has only happened a couple of times, but it's a royal pain. > > I have a Sugino XD crankset (48-36-26), and two or three times I've > overshifted so that the chain falls off the outside of the big ring. > Normally, this should be no big deal because the large pin on the > outside of the big ring, behind the crank arm stops the chain from > wedging into the crank, and you can work it back on by correcting the > shifter slightly.. FWIW, I'm running either a Shimano or SRM 9-speed > chain. > > In my case, however, it appears that the pin is too short, with the > result that the chain drops *past* the pin and, while it doesn't wedge > into the crank, it gets tensioned against the *inside* of the pin. > This makes it difficult to work the chain over to the side far enough > to slide it back past the pin and remount it, and it's a dirty, messy > job. > > This hadn't happened to me for many months, but yesterday, coming back > from a presentation (in suit and tie), I had to dismount and deal with > this rather messy procedure. > > Does anyone know of a way to put a collar or something on that pin so > that I don't run into this problem? I know the right answer is to > adjust my front derailer so that this never happens, but sometimes the > first warning of trouble is this mess, and I'd like to avoid that in > particular. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bicycle Lifestyle" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bicyclelifestyle?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
