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Chain side slack
The callow youth at my LBS here in OZ offered to replace my spare MTB chain
on the basis that the side slack/play was excessive. On their Chain stretch gauge the chain came out as "good", so I didn't replace. Does anyone have a rule for how much side play is good or bad? (I've got to admit my chain is pretty droopy sideways.) -- Regards Bob Chambers |
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Chain side slack
Pat and Bob Chambers wrote:
The callow youth at my LBS here in OZ offered to replace my spare MTB chain on the basis that the side slack/play was excessive. On their Chain stretch gauge the chain came out as "good", so I didn't replace. Does anyone have a rule for how much side play is good or bad? (I've got to admit my chain is pretty droopy sideways.) I suspect that modern chains are designed to be fairly sloppy sideways, to enable easy shifting. But I couldn't put a number to it. It's chain elongation that you have to lok out for, as it damages the cassette and chainring. James |
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