Joined: Nov 2010
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From: Tixkokob, Yucatán, México
Bikes: 79 Trek 930, 80 Trek 414, 84 Schwinn Letour Luxe (coupled), 92 Schwinn Paramount PDG 5
Just today I put a new chain on prior to my ride. It skipped a few times early on, and I adjusted (loosened) the cable tension a few times also. My own theory is it takes a few miles for the new chain to break itself into the cassette cogs. I may be dead wrong, of course, but it's my experience nonetheless.