I too have had poor performance from Sram chains, lots of jumping and skipping. Wippermans Conex are consistently the best chains I have ever used. If youchange chains and the problem doesn't go away you wont have lost anything; you'll just have a chain in inventory.
michael On Feb 15, 6:39 am, newenglandbike <matthiasbe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Paul, > > One more thing that just occured to me to check (you may have already > done this) is that the rear derailer springs are working/keeping good > tension on the chain. > > Dang, I didn't realize that Wippermans were that expensive over > there. They're not that cheap here either... they're like $25, > whereas you can get a KMC for about $15. Definitely reserve the > purchase of a different chain as a 'last resort'. > > -Matt > > On Feb 15, 5:52 am, Paul Yeoh <rawfoodcuis...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Thanks for all your replies. > > > Seth: Just checked, its not the rails. > > > Patrick: Think I read on EcoVelo to use that paraffin/beeswax ratio. > > It worked really well when the chain was still clean, chain ran more > > silent than when new. > > > Matt: Yes, perhaps I should try an 8spd chain. They have bigger spaces > > than 9 spd don't they? I think Wipperman's are available here, but for > > a hefty price (like 1500 thb - 48 USD). I have been a veg oil user > > myself on my other bikes, it was great when I lived in wetter > > Singapore. The Riv was the first bike to get chronic chain suck and so > > I thought I'd try wax since the climate is dry and super dusty this > > time of year in Thailand. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
