Originally Posted by
seau grateau
Yeah it's a fairly common thing. I think a lot of people tend to over-tension their chains. A little bit of slack will keep it rolling quieter and smoother.
I just figured out today that I was overtensioning my chain. The usual suggestion was to adjust just short of binding, it rode smooth so I thought it must not be binding. I put the bike in a repair stand and spun the pedals and it wasn't very smooth due to being too tight. Now I know what binding is. It appears you adjust it too slack to see how freely it can run, then tension until it isn't that smooth anymore, then back it off a smidge.