Whats this noise

When I am riding on my road bike, all of a sudden there is a clunk sound,
like the chain slipped off a tooth or simular, its pretty loud.

My mountain bike used to do it also, but I did not expect my high end road
bike to do it.

And its always under a bit of load, like going up a slight hill.

Thanks for any feedback.
TJ

Terry Johns wrote:

When I am riding on my road bike, all of a sudden there is a clunk sound,
like the chain slipped off a tooth or simular, its pretty loud.

My mountain bike used to do it also, but I did not expect my high end road
bike to do it.

And its always under a bit of load, like going up a slight hill.

Thanks for any feedback.
TJ

Is it JUST the noise or is there also a sensation involved?

T

Hmm, didn't mean to make that sound dodgy, sorry if it did.

On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 13:40:34 +1000, Terry Johns wrote:

When I am riding on my road bike, all of a sudden there is a clunk sound,
like the chain slipped off a tooth or simular, its pretty loud.

My mountain bike used to do it also, but I did not expect my high end road
bike to do it.

And its always under a bit of load, like going up a slight hill.

Thanks for any feedback.
TJ

How old is the bike? It could very well be that your chain has stretched,
and the sprockets are worn, leading to a mismatch between the chain pitch
and the tooth pitch.
Chains and sprockets and chain-rings don't last for ever.

Peter

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"Terry Johns" wrote in
When I am riding on my road bike, all of a sudden there is a clunk sound,
like the chain slipped off a tooth or simular, its pretty loud.

My mountain bike used to do it also, but I did not expect my high end road
bike to do it.

And its always under a bit of load, like going up a slight hill.

May be the ratchet inside the rear cassette slipping. I used to get this
alot. I assumed it was because the grease was too thick and the little
ratchet thingys were not springing back into place completely after
freewheeling. A quick spray of silicon lubricant inside the cassette stopped
it.

bjay

Terry Johns wrote:
When I am riding on my road bike, all of a sudden there is a clunk sound,
like the chain slipped off a tooth or simular, its pretty loud.

My mountain bike used to do it also, but I did not expect my high end road
bike to do it.

And its always under a bit of load, like going up a slight hill.

Thanks for any feedback.
TJ


Could be a tight link in the chain.

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Jack Russell

Could be a bent rear derailleur hanger, or gears are not tuned correctly.

Bailes Wrote:
Could be a bent rear derailleur hanger, or gears are not tune
correctly.

Yep, my first guess is gear index adjustment. Second guess follows
Keller's entry: a worn chain skipping under load.

Ritc

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ritcho wrote:

Bailes Wrote:
Could be a bent rear derailleur hanger, or gears are not tuned
correctly.

Yep, my first guess is gear index adjustment. Second guess follows P
Keller's entry: a worn chain skipping under load.

Ritch

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And if it's your knee or ankle, you're in a bit of a pickle, see a
doctor...

Oh dear, I'm having one of those silly days.

T