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Old 11-28-07 | 12:27 PM
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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?

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Old 11-28-07 | 12:38 PM
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Here is a link to Parktool's site regarding chain tension.
https://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.
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Old 11-28-07 | 12:39 PM
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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.
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Old 11-28-07 | 12:43 PM
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Here we go...
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Old 11-28-07 | 01:07 PM
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get belt-drive.
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