View Single Post
Old 09-28-12 | 11:55 AM
  #14  
Looigi's Avatar
Looigi
Senior Member
 
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 8,951
Likes: 14
Originally Posted by Airburst
I'd assume the basic principle is the same regardless of which end of the transmission the sprocket is...
Yes, they are the same in general but there are some differences in the details. Most of the teeth on rings are longer and engage further through the chain than the teeth on the cassette. Cassette teeth are as short as possible to optimize shifting and just barely go past the mid-plane of the chain. A little bit of wear and they'll skip with a new chain. Also, the rings are larger than the cogs so the load is distributed over more teeth. It takes more dramatic and obvious wear before the rings will skip.

Agree that only the last pictured ring looks shot. Others look fine.
Looigi is offline  
Reply