I suspect that you do need a longer chain. Like I said, I've been wrestling with this question as well, and call your attention to this thread (hoping that the link works, if not search the RBW-owners-bunch archives for "Cheviot setup" and and you should be OK)
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rbw-owners-bunch/cheviot$20chain%7Csort:date/rbw-owners-bunch/Qyp4i567jBU/qbGzAybXGAAJ Jay Lonner Bellingham, WA On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 4:12 PM David Hays <23writ...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, > On the Riv website on the Appaloosa as opposed to some other models I saw > no mention of needing a longer chain but I moved to the middle chain ring > before before chain to another gear and just have the standard chain length. > Suggestions? Should I add additional chain? > David > > On Mar 31, 2020, at 6:26 PM, Jay Lonner <jay.lon...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Pretty bike, I really like the color. Those are some looong chainstays - > approaching Xtracycle territory. The rear derailleur appears to be under > some stress - how did you determine the appropriate chain length? I've > wrestled with this recently on a Cheviot build and am still not certain of > the best way to approach this (although the Riv guidance is working out > well so far). > > Jay Lonner > Bellingham, WA > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 3:01 PM Davidbea <beada...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> First ride today on my Appaloosa. Went with Porteur bars and Suntour bar >> ends for now. A Clem Pletscher ready to install. The Ostrich easily holds a >> full frame camera. >> A lot to sort but a nice ride so far. >> David >> >> <Appaloosa-3.31.20.jpg> >> >> >> On Sunday, January 26, 2020 at 2:04:09 PM UTC-5, Bill F wrote: >>> >>> Appaloosa presale is up today. >>> >>> I pulled the trigger on a blue 60 cm for my first Rivendell. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/baf4443c-06b4-4f3e-8da5-328ac8a4af34%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/baf4443c-06b4-4f3e-8da5-328ac8a4af34%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAJnE%2B%3DdvP1Qdmf5HdkX2FiqW701%2BQ-hHDZcXLHBLSit-B9rCjw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAJnE%2B%3DdvP1Qdmf5HdkX2FiqW701%2BQ-hHDZcXLHBLSit-B9rCjw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/112008DB-CE10-44DD-BB4E-035776A2B930%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/112008DB-CE10-44DD-BB4E-035776A2B930%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAJnE%2B%3DfBaXQDbD2H7J%2B8zusjMDugqzuPxcdxc1dOVGSrpqRQFA%40mail.gmail.com.
