It has been so long since I’ve owned a standard road derailleur bike that I don’t remember if chain slap protectors were normally used on road bikes.
My third-hand Roadeo does not have one but I see no chain damage to the stay; does this mean that, riding on pavement or, at worst, on firm dirt, that a chain on a 50/34 t ring combination is always high enough not to bang the paint? I do hear the chain slapping the cage on roughish pavement descents, but again, no sign of chainstay paint damage. Should I install one just in case? If so, then next question: I’ve got some very old but NOS and rather nice real chromed metal cs protectors but they are so old that the glue has probably dried up. Can I attach to the chainstay paint with a strategic number of little contact cement points (applying cement lightly to both surfaces, let dry, press)? Sorry, no twine or used tubes on this bike. -- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgu0%2BheADDXm2NPGCu%2BHFtfbJiMys2VmwWLzRi2Y2kpFPA%40mail.gmail.com.
