Originally Posted by
aquateen
just fixed it! thank you for all your suggestions. this morning i had an epiphany. before i moved the crank over to this bike i took it apart and cleaned it. i looked at the smaller ring and yes, i had installed it backwards. flipped it around and it shifts fine now. d'oh
As I pointed out in my previous post, the 1st thing to look at is the last thing you did before the problem occurred. That's why I asked about the orientation of the chainrings. Asking the right questions up front prevents a lot of irrelevant guessing.