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tonypizzachi on
What do you mean slipping?
When you are changing gears?
How old is the bike? Have you ever changed your chain?
allyearlemons on
provide the stats for the bike – what’s been looked at, what adjs have been made so far:
chain miles, measured stretch, too long?
how many miles on the cassette?
bent derailleur hanger?
limit screw adjustment?
chainring is a bit to far out?
maybe find someone with the same or similar cassette and trade them out for a ride?
what else is there?
Sirwompus on
Your cassette probably needs to be changed, or you installed the wrong chain
Material-Deer-7016 on
I had a similar issue and resolved it by removing a link
VaporishPuma on
First just try adding a little more cable tension. Use the barrel adjuster by the rear derailleur. I find that helps me get into my lowest gear with Apex groupset. Maybe a turn or two max.
Wineandbikes on
New chain, worn cassette likely candidate. I’ve learned (to my cost 🙄). That allowing a chain to ‘stretch’ beyond 0.5% means that the cassette will reject the new chain under heavy load.
Cassettes are expensive ++. A chain checker is cheap. I check my chains for wear once per week. Always check where the quick link is too. This seems to be the first part to wear. As soon as I can get the go/no-go checker through the chain, it’s off.
I use Park Tool.
I recall someone posting a chart of chain checker accuracy. The Park Tool ones got the ok
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What do you mean slipping?
When you are changing gears?
How old is the bike? Have you ever changed your chain?
provide the stats for the bike – what’s been looked at, what adjs have been made so far:
chain miles, measured stretch, too long?
how many miles on the cassette?
bent derailleur hanger?
limit screw adjustment?
chainring is a bit to far out?
maybe find someone with the same or similar cassette and trade them out for a ride?
what else is there?
Your cassette probably needs to be changed, or you installed the wrong chain
I had a similar issue and resolved it by removing a link
First just try adding a little more cable tension. Use the barrel adjuster by the rear derailleur. I find that helps me get into my lowest gear with Apex groupset. Maybe a turn or two max.
New chain, worn cassette likely candidate. I’ve learned (to my cost 🙄). That allowing a chain to ‘stretch’ beyond 0.5% means that the cassette will reject the new chain under heavy load.
Cassettes are expensive ++. A chain checker is cheap. I check my chains for wear once per week. Always check where the quick link is too. This seems to be the first part to wear. As soon as I can get the go/no-go checker through the chain, it’s off.
I use Park Tool.
I recall someone posting a chart of chain checker accuracy. The Park Tool ones got the ok