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06-18-04 | 02:39 PM

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Raiyn

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Originally Posted by Moser

I understand that cross gearing is not a good idea, and I don't ride that way. I found this problem when the bike was up on the rack. My concern is that the chain rubbing on the large ring indicates that there is something wrong with with the alighnment of the frame or the crank set.

B/T/W it a double crank.

I wouldn't worry about it as that's not a positiion the chain should ever be in. It's just the angles that's all exacerbated by the narrower width of the double.

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Originally Posted by timmhaan

oh, so it's like 'word'? just spelled differently and with colons at the beginning and end?

That's the best take I've got on it

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