I'm not familiar with that derailler. Make sure the derailler is only a couple of mm above the big ring. Some deraillers, including the popular 105, have such a long cage that they cannot be lowered down to a 46 ring without hitting the chain stay. I use the Campy, which has a pretty short cage and allows me to go right down to my 44 big ring. Also, when the chain is on the big ring and small cog the outside of the derailler should be about 5 mm from the chain. Ditto on the inside. With a triple, I always use a chain stop on the inside.
"Slipping under load?" do you mean on the rings? That suggest worn teeth. Check for teeth that have a hook in their profile. If you mean on the cogs, make sure the D rings are tight. I use Silver Shifters and find the D rings stay pretty tight on the DT shifters but I regularly retighten the D rings on my & my wife's BE shifters. After that you are probably experiencing a worn chain or cog teeth. michael On Tuesday, April 17, 2012 7:05:41 PM UTC-4, Zack wrote: > > I have thrown the chain off the outside ring (i.e. the chain goes too far > outside) and off the inside ring (i.e. it goes too far inside). I have > fiddled with the limit screws and followed the riv install a derailer > video, by my eye things look right. > > Setup questions: > > I have the Alpina FD > 8 speed casette > Sugino 46 36 24 crank > > Joe - what do you mean by choosing the front ring by "conditions" - can > you elaborate? > > I have tried shifting slowly/lightly and also more quickly, and have had > the same problems (chain throwing, slipping under load). > > On Tuesday, April 17, 2012 4:44:51 PM UTC-4, Zack wrote: >> >> I noticed a discussion cropping up in the "New Chain Skipping" thread >> that I thought it would be worthwhile to dedicate a thread to this, as I >> have been thinking about it a bit - >> >> I am a relatively new bike rider, and change gears as it makes sense to >> me - when i feel like i need more speed, i shift, when i feel like i am not >> going to be able to get up the hill, i shift. >> >> But I never really learned the "right" way to do this. I have learned a >> little about friction shifting just from poking around (lightening up on >> the cranks when I am about to shift, as an example) but haven't seen a >> dedicated thread to this, nor have I found a good resource. I know for >> many of you this is intuitive basic stuff, but I never learned how to ride >> a bike from anyone that actually knew what they are doing. >> >> I generally stay in the middle ring on my front chainring (I have a >> triple) and use all of the back gears until I need more, and then I shift >> to either the big or small chainring. I am cognizant of cross gearing, but >> am probably guilty of doing it once in a while. >> >> I have consistently had problems with chains slipping, throwing chains >> (both off the big and granny rings) across multiple bikes, which leads me >> to believe I am part of the problem. >> >> So how do you ride to ensure that you are treating the bike the way it >> should be treated? >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/-2bgi0HHhLUJ. 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.
