Thread: Chain jumps on lowest cog ??
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Old 01-01-14 | 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Steve Whitlatch
It looks like it is touching. The freewheel that came with the bike was bad. Would not spin right. It did not have hyper glide ladders on it like this one I put on. The chain is old and so is the chain on the other bike I tested this wheel on. ....
So, there's the problem. The cure is simple enough -- a more modern chain. Modern chains have smaller plates that overhang the rollers less, which improves shifting on index systems.
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