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Old 05-19-09, 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by JeanCoutu
.... but the chain was too short in the big ring/big cog sombination and I figured I'd be smart enough to not use such extreme cross chaining... Long story short a few days later I bent the frame and the axle pretty bad,.......
I wish this quote could be added to every posting asking if making a chain long enough to cover big-big is important.
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