TomR Posted December 26, 2006 Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 (edited) Right, i recently bought a 2nd hand ashton but it was running 22:13 which was way too high for me so i stuck on an 18 tooth at the back and now im having problems with the chain tension. Due to the larger sprocket the chain that came with the bike isnt long enough. Its got a fresh products tensioner and im using an old sram chain now. The chains not too old and i don't think's stretched that much, but its too long for the tensioner to take all the slack up, and taking a link out means its too short. Anyone else has these problems? I'll probably get a new chain anyway, but will that fix it? Or am i better off running a different ratio with a 20 tooth ring up front? Edited December 26, 2006 by planetxpimp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMunn Posted December 26, 2006 Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 I had a similar problem when fitting my bike up with new stuff, I put the chain on quite tight even though its stretched in now and all good if its really tight don't do it. You might find that you could use a different tensioner, fixed ones arent all that good for adjustment, failing that find yourself a half link or if your buying a new chain get yourself a half link chain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paolo Posted December 26, 2006 Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 Get yourself a half-link... Make sure it's the right size, most half-links are for BMX sized chains, so you might have to change your whole chain if you don't want a "weakest link". While your'e a at it, you might want to change your sproket to, so everything streches together... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomR Posted December 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 The rear sprockets not been used, It came with my old 9spd roady cassette which was stripped down, and the largest i ran with that was the 17t. Better get the wallet out then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walleee Posted December 26, 2006 Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 I thought the idea of a tensioner was that you didn't have to worry about tension so much, the adjusment on the FP one must be shite if removing one link can't be accomodated???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paolo Posted December 26, 2006 Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 I thought the idea of a tensioner was that you didn't have to worry about tension so much, the adjusment on the FP one must be shite if removing one link can't be accomodated????Well most tensionners theoriticly have a link to a link and a half of tensionning, so it can happen that your'e screwed and need a half link, you'd either have to much tension or to little [mind you in most case it's not extreme], so you need a half link, probably temporarely until it streches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomR Posted December 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 Just ordering a chain - does the kool chain have a spring clip to seperate the chain like the KHE chain does or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish-Finger-er Posted December 26, 2006 Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 u tensioning up or down with the fresh products one, try it tother way, will usually solve the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomR Posted December 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 I did have it outside the chain pushing up, now its inside and pushing out, but the slot for the pinch bolt that goes through the mech bolt hole is too far out to secure it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomR Posted December 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Just ordering a chain - does the kool chain have a spring clip to seperate the chain like the KHE chain does or not?Any info on this, im sure someone round here has a kool chain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orgun_Donor Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Yea it does come with the split link(if thats what you mean) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomR Posted December 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Cheers, yeah thats what i mean. I was in halfords getting some oil for my car and thought i'd take a look in the bike section - £17 for a bloody kool chain, f**k that i thought, i'll wait and order one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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