New chain is skipping
I fitted a new chain on my commuter/turbo bike on Monday and whilst it was fine on the turbo that evening it's skipping in the low gear I always commute in (ie the most used one).
I've read suggestions that you can file the rear cog to help the chain catch better, or buy a replacement for just that one gear, and from a few threads on here that leaving it a week or so will see it bed in and stop skipping. It's only happening on that one gear so ideally I don't want to buy a whole new cassette.
I'm by no means an expert on bike maintenance though so thought I'd get the opinion of some of you good folks.
I've read suggestions that you can file the rear cog to help the chain catch better, or buy a replacement for just that one gear, and from a few threads on here that leaving it a week or so will see it bed in and stop skipping. It's only happening on that one gear so ideally I don't want to buy a whole new cassette.
I'm by no means an expert on bike maintenance though so thought I'd get the opinion of some of you good folks.
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I've read suggestions that you can file the rear cog to help the chain catch better, or buy a replacement for just that one gear
maybe if you can completely separate each cog; and then may have problems on less worn cogs too...
Depends on the cassette you`re using but if you can get a new cassette for say £30 ish I`d advise buying entire new as whilst may sort itself out, also may not ++ on next chain you`ll defo need new cassette whilst if buy new now and a second chain by swopping chains may get a longer wear and better gear change to boot0 -
Seen a new cassette on Wiggle for £23, which should be fine for turbo and commuting use, so might just get that and swap it over.0