Originally Posted by
stephr1
...beginning a few months ago was what felt like *very* occasional skipping when in high gear ... which will move me off of the 11T cog as my primary riding gear.
One of my neighbors likes to ride in high gear whenever possible. (He's a masher
). Not many teeth there. He wore out his small cog ahead of everything else, and skipping like you describe was his first sign of wear. We just sourced a new small cog, and problem solved.