Chain guide won't fit seat post

[Robert Lee]

My chain falls off when I shift from the 50 to the 36 chain ring.
I want to buy a chain guide to prevent this. But none of the three
brands will fit the 12cm seat post of my Specialized Roubaix. (The
three are Dog Fang, 3rd Eye and the Jump Stop.) Does anyone know of a
similar product that will fit onto a 12 cm seat post?

 

[Qui si parla Campagnolo]

Robert Lee wrote:
> My chain falls off when I shift from the 50 to the 36 chain ring.
> I want to buy a chain guide to prevent this. But none of the three
> brands will fit the 12cm seat post of my Specialized Roubaix. (The
> three are Dog Fang, 3rd Eye and the Jump Stop.) Does anyone know of a
> similar product that will fit onto a 12 cm seat post?

? diameter of the seatube? 3rd eye 'may' work but because of the shape,
etc of some carbon frames, may not be able to use ine-Trek 5900-type
comes to mind.

Try a dedicated compact FD as well.....

 

[John Forrest Tomlinson]

On 14 Aug 2006 06:17:10 -0700, "Qui si parla Campagnolo"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Robert Lee wrote:
>> My chain falls off when I shift from the 50 to the 36 chain ring.
>> I want to buy a chain guide to prevent this. But none of the three
>> brands will fit the 12cm seat post of my Specialized Roubaix. (The
>> three are Dog Fang, 3rd Eye and the Jump Stop.) Does anyone know of a
>> similar product that will fit onto a 12 cm seat post?
>
>? diameter of the seatube? 3rd eye 'may' work but because of the shape,
>etc of some carbon frames, may not be able to use ine-Trek 5900-type
>comes to mind.

I made one from a piece of plastic that came with a heart rater
monitor - cut it in half and held it on with a cable tie.

http://www.jt10000.com/images/chainwatcher1.jpg
http://www.jt10000.com/images/chainwatcher2.jpg

This is on a Trek with a weird-sized/shaped seat tube.

JT


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[Roy Zipris]

Robert Lee wrote:
> My chain falls off when I shift from the 50 to the 36 chain ring.
> I want to buy a chain guide to prevent this. But none of the three
> brands will fit the 12cm seat post of my Specialized Roubaix. (The
> three are Dog Fang, 3rd Eye and the Jump Stop.) Does anyone know of a
> similar product that will fit onto a 12 cm seat post?

Adjust the inner limit screw, eh?

 

[Werehatrack]

On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 07:34:39 -0500, Robert Lee <[email protected]> wrote:

> My chain falls off when I shift from the 50 to the 36 chain ring.
>I want to buy a chain guide to prevent this. But none of the three
>brands will fit the 12cm seat post of my Specialized Roubaix. (The
>three are Dog Fang, 3rd Eye and the Jump Stop.) Does anyone know of a
>similar product that will fit onto a 12 cm seat post?

12 cm? WTF? That's nearly twice the length of the BB, and well over
the distance between many cranks.

Alternate approach: get one of the fders that has a bracket that is
sandwiched in under the right BB flange; the bracket will protect the
seatpost from damage quite nicely.

Of course, simply adjusting the vertical position and inner limit
screw on your existing fder should solve the problem...
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