So I got my brand new frame built up ('03 Specialized Allez Pro) by the bike shop, and today I gave it my inaugural ride. Man this bike is SWEET! SO stiff, and yet so much more comfortable than my old bike ('00 Allez Comp). The bike is definitely alot lighter, and fits better, looks better, and just makes you want to ride so much faster than before.

Anyways, I had two major chain suck incidents, both with very bad consequences. The first one was I threw the chain off of the big ring as i was shifting up, most likely because of maladjusted limit screws. chain got caught between crank and chainstay, and it got all torn up!!! AHHH! on the first ride!!!!

Then later on in the same ride, I was shifting down into the small ring, and then the chain was sitting on top of the chainring, but it was not "hooking up", so I was spinning the cranks until it finally engaged. Got home and noticed all my teeth had rounded off because of this stupid mishap.

ARGH!!

Now, I suspect that it might be because of the chain length.... i'm almost positive my old bike had a longer chainstay length than this new frame, and also, the chain looks a TAD saggy when you look at it from the side. Now, should I take some links out? How do I tell how many links I should have?

ARGH!!!