Hey Andy,
Thanks for the thoughts.
I'm fairly certainly the chain is seating correctly, however, I plan to do a more thorough check in the next day or so. As I mention above, I believe the lock ring is pretty much the same as I had on the cassette I just replaced, but I'm going to take a closer look at that. I'm not sure how much of an impact this might have on slippage, but I need to go back and see if I removed enough links from the chain. Fairly certain I did, but I'll double check that, all the same.
I typically ride paved trails (have semi-knobby tires that can ride street). The hills I climb are typically bridges I cross and had no problem doing that with the old cassette. I'm on the middle chain ring and typically start in 3rd gear and spend most of my time in 7th.
Cheers...Steph
Originally Posted by
Andrew R Stewart
Make sure the chain is fully seating in the cog valleys. Sometimes the wrong spacers or lockring will keep the chain from engaging the teeth to a full depth.
Tight links, twisted links, connector link/pin not fully set.
The smaller the cog the more the need to have all right.
Try another chain.
Why are you climbing in such a high gear any way, and maybe in a crossover one at that? Andy.