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Hi there.
I'm trying to shorten my chain to the correct length. After reading a few tutorials i went for it...large front/large back add a link is the advice i took.
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Doesn't seen right somehow. What am i missing/where have i cocked up?
Thanks in advance.
Mhmm no good with links and that..anyone help me out link is:
Add a couple of links. No chain growth to worry about,
I'm not sure on SRAM mechs how they look when too stretched out but if it's shifting okay and no upper jockey wheel colliding with the teeth on the cassette it's about right..if in doubt start with two links extra as opposed to one......unless it's on a full suss then you have to make sure that chain growth doesn't affect the length you need.
Ok so i've added 2 extra links back and it seems a little more respectable with the jockey wheels being just a little past vertical...Nothing rubbing etc.
I've just read something on bike radar advising to loop thechain through the mech while on small - small rings and to take a little bit of the slack from the mech. Which makes more sense to me so probably use that method next time.
Thanks for the replies!
I usually run the chain on both largest sprockets and through the derailleur and run it as short possible without over stretching the mech.
Usually use the large/large method, unless I'm using a single up front & then I just go for what looks best when the mech is on the biggest or smallest cogs.Not too slack & not to stretched out,in other words, a happy medium.
Use this: [url= https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.afwd.clc&hl=en_GB ]Chain Length Calculator[/url]
The "large-large and add a link" method tends to assume multiple chainrings - in which case large-large is a "fully crossed" ratio that you wouldn't normally use, but you then know large-large works which means you won't break anything when you change into it accidentally.
As said ^^^ for single rings you just need it to not streching the mech too much in large, whilst the mech comfortable takes up the slack in small. How tight that means the large has to be is going to depend on the range of the block.