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Why is my chain slipping on my cycle bike?
I have just replaced my chain on my Marin hawk hill and the chain is slipping, I've placed the chain alongside the old one and made it the same size and upto now I've removed about 8 links using the propper tool, the chain feels ok when I'm in low gear " biggest cog on the rear" but when I'm putting strain on the peddle and using the smallest cog's "7th, 8th and 9th gears" it's slipping like mad, do I need to take more links off?
Thank's to everyone, I've been looking up more info on the web and also taken on board what you've all said, I've set up the gears and got the correct lenght of chain and it's still poppin off the small cogs so the only thing to do now is replace the cassette. Can anyone tell me what I'll need ie, tools and what sort of cassette and how to get the bugger off.. The bike is a 9 speed Marin Hawk hill???
As long as the chain is close to the length of the old one it should work. You should probably replace the cassette. If the derailleur is working properly, a chain that is too long will not cause this problem.
Chains and cogs wear together. When you replace just the chain, the new chain has less wear on the rollers so they are actually larger than the old ones. The new rollers on the chain don't mate porperly with the worn teeth and will skip, _especially_ when you put power to the pedals. It will be most noticable in the smaller cogs, and the ones that you use most often. FWIW, in 25 years I have never had a largest rear cog that skipped, It's always been the smaller ones.
Commuter cyclist bike garage @ Cycle 2 City
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