The best way i've found to get the chain tension correct is to put a ratch strap through the wheel and over the seat. crank the bike down on its suspension until the swing arm is in line to the sprocket, then adjust the chain so that it has 25mm of up and down play, sorted!
Salisbury plain trail ride- november 6th..
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I'm pleased to report that Mr L T Plot has selected yours sincerely as chain supplier of choice.
Greg
OK, he was desperate!!
Greg
OK, he was desperate!!
I know that feeling, of sat on the ground feeling a right tit...
It's nice to know i'm in good company then
i had my chain at the minimum 25mm slack when it went in for a service and the tech said that was too tight and now run with 30mm minimum. Mind you also had an issue on the plain perimeter road a few weeks back whereby i had adjusted my chain as per above and 70 miles into the ride started hearing and feeling weird noises and vibrations stopped and my chain had only 2mm of free play and it wasnt at the normal tight spot. was an expensive chain too rk xzw or something like that
Frosty, are you still running the standard air shock?
I think mine was loosing air through the day (i'd pumped it up the night before), which may account for the change in the chain slack as the bike sagged.
yup still on the air shock, really want to replace it cos its squeaking a lot now, but since that day the chain tension has been fine as has the ride height. it knackered the front sprocket badly the noise and vibration was the chain snapping into the front sprocket teeth, was a fairly new stephan sprocket too
