The bent hanger suggestion is a very good one and responds to the fact that the rub is only on the lower chain run. I'll be interested to hear what Mike finds, and I wonder how many of my own der hangers have been slightly bent but hidden by friction shifting.
On Sun, Jul 7, 2024 at 12:09 PM Mike Rossi <mwillro...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, Will, it’s one of my favorite tools. I have a feeling there are quite > a few Riv owners with friction shifters riding around with hangers that are > misaligned. But, I suppose that can be seen as an added benefit to friction > shifting. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 7, 2024, at 10:48 AM, Will Boericke <wboeri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It wasn't until I got a hanger alignment tool that I realized how many > bikes have misaligned hangers. I use it all the time! And newer > drivetrains are definitely much more sensitive to misalignment. All to > say, this sounds like an alignment issue to me as well > > > Will > > On Sunday, July 7, 2024 at 9:23:16 AM UTC-4 Steve wrote: > >> What Mike Rossi said! That would explain the peculiar situation of the >> chain rub at the bottom only. >> >> My money is on Mike. >> >> On Sunday, July 7, 2024 at 8:35:39 AM UTC-4 Mike Rossi wrote: >> >>> Also, you mentioned chain rubbing at the bottom and not the top. When I >>> received my frameset I had to adjust the derailleur hanger as it was >>> misaligned. That may be an issue as well. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >> -- 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/CALuTfgsm-DCHdD4%3DXUjsH6O2KnZeOhQ7XFSCzK6iUe0jJaE0yA%40mail.gmail.com.
