Originally Posted by
fluidmosaic
So I was mtn biking, and when i would go up a steep ass bit of ground, the chain would make a popping sound and pop off the smallest chainring. Did it a couple of times at the same spot. I recently got a new chain. I dont know if that has anything to do with it.
Check for a bent tooth on the inner ring. A botched shift on low gear can often bend teeth and cause shifting problems or chain suck problems. It's probably not related to the new chain.