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Old October 4th 18, 09:59 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On 2018-10-04 12:12, Duane wrote:
On 04/10/2018 1:29 PM, Mark J. wrote:
On 10/3/2018 9:04 AM, jbeattie wrote:
On Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at 8:14:46 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 10/2/2018 2:10 PM, jbeattie wrote:
O.K., reality check. I was riding in with my son this morning, and
he had a sudden attack of ghost shifting or skipping of some sort.
I was watching his rear wheel (my usual position, hunkered down
behind him), and I didn't see chain skip.

IME, ghost shifting usually happens with a sticky cable at the BB,
but what is the likelihood that this is a casette/chain issue? I
changed the chain but not the cassette a month ago. It worked
beautifully -- no skipping, but I'm wondering if you can hit a
tipping point where the cassette goes and the chain is O.K., and
you get shift issues. If the cassette is too worn, I usually get
problems the moment I put on a new chain and not later.

I guess I don't understand. To me, "ghost shifting" always meant the
bike tries to at least partially shift to a different rear cog. My
folding bike does that sometimes until the cables settle in after being
folded for a while. If I look down, I can usually see the unbidden
attempt at a shift.

Did you see his chain move laterally? If not, I wouldn't call it ghost
shifting.

When I've put a new chain on a too-old cog and gotten chain skip, it's
always occurred only under heavy pedal pressure; and while it's
probably
visible from the rear, I've never been able to actually see it happen.

I was watching it this morning, and it isn't ghost shifting. It is
skipping in 11/12. The chain is not moving laterally -- its just
jumping on the cog. He's going to check derailleur tension at work
(they have a shop there). The cassette is tight, and the only other
explanation, IMO, would be worn cogs.

This is the Roubaix that was stolen and found by Bike Index and PPB.
https://bikeindex.org/news/bike-inde...018-recoveries (the
post with the mug shot -- the thief actually has a nice haricut). It
had fairly low mileage and an OE cassette. I put a new 11sp chain on
it when I rebuilt it because someone had side loaded the existing
chain and popped a link or somehow popped a link. They also banged up
the chain ring. When I installed the new chain, it shifted
beautifully and still shifts beautifully on the stand. I checked it
this morning. It may be the case that the cassette had more mileage
on it than I recalled.

-- Jay Beattie.


Don't rule out munged cogs, perhaps bent by whatever damaged the chain
while the bad guy had the bike. Who knows what bizarre treatment the
bike was subjected to?

Mark J.



In my experience what often happens is that you let the chain go too
long and when you change the chain the cassettes are worn enough to
cause slip on the new chain.



That is also what I think. Once I let the chain on my MTB accidentally
go to 1% stretch instead of the usual 0.8%. Put on a new chain. It
worked fine for 100mi or so and then started skipping on the smaller
cogs - cassette was shot. New cassette, problem solved. 55 bucks, ouch.

--
Regards, Joerg

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Old October 4th 18, 10:08 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at 1:10:59 PM UTC-5, jbeattie wrote:
O.K., reality check. I was riding in with my son this morning, and he had a sudden attack of ghost shifting or skipping of some sort. I was watching his rear wheel (my usual position, hunkered down behind him), and I didn't see chain skip.

IME, ghost shifting usually happens with a sticky cable at the BB, but what is the likelihood that this is a casette/chain issue? I changed the chain but not the cassette a month ago. It worked beautifully -- no skipping, but I'm wondering if you can hit a tipping point where the cassette goes and the chain is O.K., and you get shift issues. If the cassette is too worn, I usually get problems the moment I put on a new chain and not later.

-- Jay Beattie.


Check the rear derailleur hanger for straightness. Bent rear derailleur hangers can cause mis-shifts at one end of the cassette and be OK in the middle or other end.
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Old October 5th 18, 02:04 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On Thursday, October 4, 2018 at 2:08:36 PM UTC-7, wrote:
On Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at 1:10:59 PM UTC-5, jbeattie wrote:
O.K., reality check. I was riding in with my son this morning, and he had a sudden attack of ghost shifting or skipping of some sort. I was watching his rear wheel (my usual position, hunkered down behind him), and I didn't see chain skip.

IME, ghost shifting usually happens with a sticky cable at the BB, but what is the likelihood that this is a casette/chain issue? I changed the chain but not the cassette a month ago. It worked beautifully -- no skipping, but I'm wondering if you can hit a tipping point where the cassette goes and the chain is O.K., and you get shift issues. If the cassette is too worn, I usually get problems the moment I put on a new chain and not later.

-- Jay Beattie.


Check the rear derailleur hanger for straightness. Bent rear derailleur hangers can cause mis-shifts at one end of the cassette and be OK in the middle or other end.


I'll do that. I put on a new hanger when I switched from the Specialized SCS system -- but it worked perfectly for a while. The chain is virtually new, and I'm starting to think that I also swapped out the cassette. I have an old 11sp sitting on the counter in the downstairs bike shop, and that's the only bike it could have come off. The problem happened literally overnight.

-- Jay Beattie.
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Old October 5th 18, 12:23 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at 1:10:59 PM UTC-5, jbeattie wrote:
O.K., reality check. I was riding in with my son this morning, and he had a sudden attack of ghost shifting or skipping of some sort. I was watching his rear wheel (my usual position, hunkered down behind him), and I didn't see chain skip.

IME, ghost shifting usually happens with a sticky cable at the BB, but what is the likelihood that this is a casette/chain issue? I changed the chain but not the cassette a month ago. It worked beautifully -- no skipping, but I'm wondering if you can hit a tipping point where the cassette goes and the chain is O.K., and you get shift issues. If the cassette is too worn, I usually get problems the moment I put on a new chain and not later.

-- Jay Beattie.


It is October, the month of ghosts, after all.
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Old October 5th 18, 11:40 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On Thursday, October 4, 2018 at 8:04:02 PM UTC-5, jbeattie wrote:
On Thursday, October 4, 2018 at 2:08:36 PM UTC-7, wrote:
On Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at 1:10:59 PM UTC-5, jbeattie wrote:
O.K., reality check. I was riding in with my son this morning, and he had a sudden attack of ghost shifting or skipping of some sort. I was watching his rear wheel (my usual position, hunkered down behind him), and I didn't see chain skip.

IME, ghost shifting usually happens with a sticky cable at the BB, but what is the likelihood that this is a casette/chain issue? I changed the chain but not the cassette a month ago. It worked beautifully -- no skipping, but I'm wondering if you can hit a tipping point where the cassette goes and the chain is O.K., and you get shift issues. If the cassette is too worn, I usually get problems the moment I put on a new chain and not later.

-- Jay Beattie.


Check the rear derailleur hanger for straightness. Bent rear derailleur hangers can cause mis-shifts at one end of the cassette and be OK in the middle or other end.


I'll do that. I put on a new hanger when I switched from the Specialized SCS system -- but it worked perfectly for a while. The chain is virtually new, and I'm starting to think that I also swapped out the cassette. I have an old 11sp sitting on the counter in the downstairs bike shop, and that's the only bike it could have come off. The problem happened literally overnight.

-- Jay Beattie.


A NEW hanger DOES NOT guarantee straightness. A new hanger has to be bent into straightness just like an old bent hanger.
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Old October 6th 18, 03:50 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On Thu, 04 Oct 2018 13:59:27 -0700, Joerg wrote:


That is also what I think. Once I let the chain on my MTB accidentally
go to 1% stretch instead of the usual 0.8%. Put on a new chain. It
worked fine for 100mi or so and then started skipping on the smaller
cogs - cassette was shot. New cassette, problem solved. 55 bucks, ouch.


How much would three chains cost?

YMMV, but my solution for this has been to run three chains with each
cluster. Each chain takes a turn at each major clean-up/lube. So the set
of chains and cluster/cassette wears down together.

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Old October 6th 18, 08:03 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On 2018-10-05 19:50, news18 wrote:
On Thu, 04 Oct 2018 13:59:27 -0700, Joerg wrote:


That is also what I think. Once I let the chain on my MTB accidentally
go to 1% stretch instead of the usual 0.8%. Put on a new chain. It
worked fine for 100mi or so and then started skipping on the smaller
cogs - cassette was shot. New cassette, problem solved. 55 bucks, ouch.


How much would three chains cost?


About $70 for the MTB and $40 for the road bike.


YMMV, but my solution for this has been to run three chains with each
cluster. Each chain takes a turn at each major clean-up/lube. So the set
of chains and cluster/cassette wears down together.


I do the same though on the MTB the cassette can be shot after two
chains. As for lubing, I clean and lube the MTB chain at least every
50mi, meaning pretty much after every ride. On the road bike latest
after 200mi, else it starts to gently squeal.

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Old October 8th 18, 09:10 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at 9:40:57 AM UTC-7, wrote:
On Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at 9:04:10 AM UTC-7, jbeattie wrote:
On Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at 8:14:46 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 10/2/2018 2:10 PM, jbeattie wrote:
O.K., reality check. I was riding in with my son this morning, and he had a sudden attack of ghost shifting or skipping of some sort. I was watching his rear wheel (my usual position, hunkered down behind him), and I didn't see chain skip.

IME, ghost shifting usually happens with a sticky cable at the BB, but what is the likelihood that this is a casette/chain issue? I changed the chain but not the cassette a month ago. It worked beautifully -- no skipping, but I'm wondering if you can hit a tipping point where the cassette goes and the chain is O.K., and you get shift issues. If the cassette is too worn, I usually get problems the moment I put on a new chain and not later.

 




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