chain tension
 

Hey everyone, I'm a newbie here. I hope none of you are feeling the way I do, I feel like TTC flu...lately I cleaned my bike after a rain ride, then I spun my cranks just to check and it looks like my bb is sticky. It will spin about 4 times then stop. I hope I didn't damage it by setting my chain too tight. I set my chain at the point where the drive train has the least tension and pulled the rear wheel back from there as tight as I can and then tightened the dropout bolts. Could this be too tight?

Thanks in advance to all replies.

Here is a link to Parktool's site regarding chain tension.
http://parktool.com/repair/readhowto.asp?id=27

You may have damaged your bearings by having the chain that tight but I am not exactly sure. Do you have a cup and cone bottom bracket? It might have just came out of adjustment.

That's too tight. I generally like about a half inch of play (one inch total, up and down) at the tightest point in my chain.

Here we go...

get belt-drive.