On Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 8:17:22 AM UTC-7, jbeattie wrote:
On Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 8:08:39 AM UTC-7, wrote:
Today the wind hasn't picked up to "Oh my God" yet so I will take a ride and test out my shifting on the Eddy Merckx. The only thing I'm worried about is overshifting in the big ring and throwing the chain off.
You know, there is a limit screw on your front derailleur that prevents you from throwing the chain off. You might want to adjust that.
The chain now has three quick links in it and that isn't a good omen but we'll see.
How does that even happen? If it were a Shimano chain, at least you could use pins so you didn't have a bunch of dopey quick links.

Jay, have you ever actually adjusted the front derailleur yourself? If you had you would know that the precise angle of the front derailleur is critical and difficult to tell if you don't do them very often. The same position that halts all of the noise from the chain position might be the position from which it will overshift the chain.

Shimano pins are no more reliable than quick links. That is why KMC recommends quick links and they make chains FAR better than Shimano in my experience.