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Just a quick question - I have a new-ish SRAM chain with one of those
quick-link thingies. This means the chain can come off easily for
cleaning. Does it really matter if it doesn't go back on in the same
direction it came off? The whole gear chain is fairly new, but clagged
with winter grit and muck!
I was going to clean it all out the back 10 minutes ago in the bright
sunshine. By the time I checked my emails and wrote this it's now raining!
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Paul Boyd said:Just a quick question - I have a new-ish SRAM chain with one of those
quick-link thingies. This means the chain can come off easily for
cleaning. Does it really matter if it doesn't go back on in the same
direction it came off?
No, should work the same either way.
Pete.
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in message <[email hidden]>, Paul
Boyd (') said:Just a quick question - I have a new-ish SRAM chain with one of those
quick-link thingies. This means the chain can come off easily for
cleaning. Does it really matter if it doesn't go back on in the same
direction it came off? The whole gear chain is fairly new, but clagged
with winter grit and muck!
Mine certainly doesn't always go back on the same way round. It doesn't
seem to matter.
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Paul Boyd said:I was going to clean it all out the back 10 minutes ago in the bright
sunshine. By the time I checked my emails and wrote this it's now raining!
The showers arrived earlier here. I started my spring cleaning out in
the yard, but had to decamp to the garage once it started raining this
afternoon.
Paul Boyd said:Does it really matter if it doesn't go back on in the same
direction it came off?
If you look closely at the chain, there are little arrows etched into
the links to tell you the correct direction of rotation. If you put the
chain on back to front, you risk breaking something (unless you wear a
h*lm*et).
d.
PS at least some of the content of this post may not be entirely true... ;-)
On 09/04/2006 21:06, davek said,
I was really thinking in terms of wear! You know, along the lines of
not putting a new chain onto old gears - that sort of thing!
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