On Saturday, January 21, 2023 at 6:17:20 PM UTC-6 jak...@me.com wrote: Keep in mind that the default (slacked cable position) is the low (first) gear, lining the pulleys up with the largest cog on the cassette. So when installing a new chain, even if you sized it right on the largest cogs and adding two links, you still have a wresting match on your hands when you thread it through the derailer pulleys as the darned thing does not want to move to the smaller cogs (providing slack) unless you grab the derailer and pull on it.
I just install the derailer and cable and pull the derailer to the outermost position, then install the chain as I normally do, on the smallest cog and off the inner chainring. Checking chain length is pretty simple ... check the large/large combo and the small/small combo. If your rear derailer has enough wrap, pick the length where the small/small combo has just enough tension. If your rear derailer is maxed out for wrap (you're pretty close here), you have to compromise, and either make it long enough for the large/large combo to work or short enough for small/small, or in between the two and avoid those gears. The consequences of shifting into the large/large with too short a chain can be pretty severe ... tearing off your rear derailer ... so often it's best to make the chain longer and not use the small/small combos (or ignore the rattling when you do). Ted Durant Milwaukee WI USA -- 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/00101b93-5ea7-4425-ac89-8f0c790ec837n%40googlegroups.com.
