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On the heavily rooted trails I ride on ( Quiet Waters, Oleta, etc) the chain
on my Trek Liquid 25 starts flopping around like crazy when I hit race pace
speeds through the rough sections. This is not an issue on trails in North
Florida like Croom or Santos ( meaning it would be a non-issue in N Carolina
and other real mountain biking locations). But for my weekly rides, I need
to find a way to reduce this flopping around. Sometimes the chain will shift
itself into the granny gear, when I "need" to stay in the middle ring. and
other times, when really hammering a rough section, the shifting on the rear
derailer is badly compromised by the flailing chain.

The only possible solution I can think of is removing the Big ring from the
equation, and taking out several links--shortening the chain, in the hope
that this will mean less travel potential for the chain....I'd rather have a
better solution, and am hoping someone has one...

Dan V

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"Dan Volker" wrote in message
. ..
On the heavily rooted trails I ride on ( Quiet Waters, Oleta, etc) the
chain
on my Trek Liquid 25 starts flopping around like crazy when I hit race
pace
speeds through the rough sections. This is not an issue on trails in North
Florida like Croom or Santos ( meaning it would be a non-issue in N
Carolina
and other real mountain biking locations). But for my weekly rides, I need
to find a way to reduce this flopping around. Sometimes the chain will
shift
itself into the granny gear, when I "need" to stay in the middle ring. and
other times, when really hammering a rough section, the shifting on the
rear
derailer is badly compromised by the flailing chain.

The only possible solution I can think of is removing the Big ring from
the
equation, and taking out several links--shortening the chain, in the hope
that this will mean less travel potential for the chain....I'd rather have
a
better solution, and am hoping someone has one...

Dan V

You want one of these, unfortunately no longer made but easy to DIY.
http://idriders.com/cgi-bin/album_k2...bulletbros.jpg

Steve.

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spademan o---[) * wrote:
"Dan Volker" wrote in message
. ..
On the heavily rooted trails I ride on ( Quiet Waters, Oleta, etc)
the chain on my Trek Liquid 25 starts flopping around like crazy
when I hit race pace speeds through the rough sections. This is not
an issue on trails in North Florida like Croom or Santos ( meaning
it would be a non-issue in N Carolina and other real mountain biking
locations). But for my weekly rides, I need to find a way to reduce
this flopping around. Sometimes the chain will shift itself into the
granny gear, when I "need" to stay in the middle ring. and other
times, when really hammering a rough section, the shifting on the
rear derailer is badly compromised by the flailing chain.

The only possible solution I can think of is removing the Big ring
from the equation, and taking out several links--shortening the
chain, in the hope that this will mean less travel potential for the
chain....I'd rather have a better solution, and am hoping someone
has one...

Dan V

You want one of these, unfortunately no longer made but easy to DIY.
http://idriders.com/cgi-bin/album_k2...bulletbros.jpg

Steve.

Or one of these.
http://www.ishop.co.uk/ishop/22/shopscr83.html

'Old' style chain device that lets you keep 3 rings

--
Mark

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Dan Volker wrote:
On the heavily rooted trails I ride on ( Quiet Waters, Oleta, etc)
the chain on my Trek Liquid 25 starts flopping around like crazy when
I hit race pace speeds through the rough sections. This is not an
issue on trails in North Florida like Croom or Santos ( meaning it
would be a non-issue in N Carolina and other real mountain biking
locations). But for my weekly rides, I need to find a way to reduce
this flopping around. Sometimes the chain will shift itself into the
granny gear, when I "need" to stay in the middle ring. and other
times, when really hammering a rough section, the shifting on the
rear derailer is badly compromised by the flailing chain.

The only possible solution I can think of is removing the Big ring
from the equation, and taking out several links--shortening the
chain, in the hope that this will mean less travel potential for the
chain....I'd rather have a better solution, and am hoping someone has
one...

Dan V

Actually, this is exactly what you are looking for. I use one and never had
a problem.

http://www.kore-usa.com/dreactor.htm


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"Mark (UK)" wrote in message
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spademan o---[) * wrote:
"Dan Volker" wrote in message
. ..
On the heavily rooted trails I ride on ( Quiet Waters, Oleta, etc)
the chain on my Trek Liquid 25 starts flopping around like crazy
when I hit race pace speeds through the rough sections. This is not
an issue on trails in North Florida like Croom or Santos ( meaning
it would be a non-issue in N Carolina and other real mountain biking
locations). But for my weekly rides, I need to find a way to reduce
this flopping around. Sometimes the chain will shift itself into the
granny gear, when I "need" to stay in the middle ring. and other
times, when really hammering a rough section, the shifting on the
rear derailer is badly compromised by the flailing chain.

The only possible solution I can think of is removing the Big ring
from the equation, and taking out several links--shortening the
chain, in the hope that this will mean less travel potential for the
chain....I'd rather have a better solution, and am hoping someone
has one...

Dan V

You want one of these, unfortunately no longer made but easy to DIY.

http://idriders.com/cgi-bin/album_k2...bulletbros.jpg

Steve.

Or one of these.
http://www.ishop.co.uk/ishop/22/shopscr83.html

'Old' style chain device that lets you keep 3 rings

--
Mark

Never really did like those, they seemed to slip round the frame and didn't
actually do much. I have got a purple one in my spares box...

Steve.

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Ride a singlespeed.

JD

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"Ride-A-Lot" wrote in message
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Dan Volker wrote:
On the heavily rooted trails I ride on ( Quiet Waters, Oleta, etc)
the chain on my Trek Liquid 25 starts flopping around like crazy when
I hit race pace speeds through the rough sections. This is not an
issue on trails in North Florida like Croom or Santos ( meaning it
would be a non-issue in N Carolina and other real mountain biking
locations). But for my weekly rides, I need to find a way to reduce
this flopping around. Sometimes the chain will shift itself into the
granny gear, when I "need" to stay in the middle ring. and other
times, when really hammering a rough section, the shifting on the
rear derailer is badly compromised by the flailing chain.

The only possible solution I can think of is removing the Big ring
from the equation, and taking out several links--shortening the
chain, in the hope that this will mean less travel potential for the
chain....I'd rather have a better solution, and am hoping someone has
one...

Dan V

Actually, this is exactly what you are looking for. I use one and never
had
a problem.

http://www.kore-usa.com/dreactor.htm


Thanks,
This looks like a good piece of gear to try.
Regards,
Dan V

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