chain length rule of thumb ?

roguecycle

I have been told large front cog to small rear and deraliuer 90deg.

Just read large front small rear + a few extra links

Confused

anyone which to discuss their veiws

pbiggs

To confuse you even further:

Large front to large rear + 1 link

I think that's the best one - though it doesn't seriously matter what method you use as long as the chain is long enough for large-large.

<i>~Pete</i>

piedwagtail91

campag said small small and make sure the chain has 10mm clearance where it passes itself under the rear mech

monty_dogcp

Large to large (not through mech) plus one link works for me

MichaelW

parctools.com repair page has several methods, rules of thumb and calculations that all work well.

paul_smith_srcc

I normally use that method with the chain as long as possible in small as well, providing mechs are compatible capacity wise then that will be OK on large-large as well.

As ~Pete cortectly stated <font color="red">"it doesn't seriously matter what method you use as long as the chain is long enough for large-large";</font id="red"> if to long the mech will not be able to take up the tension should you mis shift into small-small, the chain will then rub on the bottom part mech which will simply altert you to the mishift in the unlikely event that you hadn't realised already.

Paul_Smith
www.bikeplus.co.uk

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campag said small small and make sure the chain has 10mm clearance where it passes itself under the rear mech
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System_1

Yep, another vote here for the large to large + 1 link method. Always spot on.

Ken Night

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by roguecycle</i>

I have been told large front cog to small rear and deraliuer 90deg.

anyone which to discuss their veiws
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that's good, but also, count the links on the previous chain OR look up in my book to see what I used last time


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Paul Lavery

Same length as the chain you took off!

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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Monty Dog</i>

Large to large (not through mech) plus one link works for me
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this has always worked for me

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