max hop between front chain rings?

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In article <[email hidden]>, Walter

Mitty said:

To get a lower gearing on my tourer using campag racing-t,
I recently replaced the inner 24 chain ring with a 22,
changed the outer chain ring for something smaller in order
to be able to lower the front derailleur to enable the cage
to accomadate the smaller inside ring.

On two occasions now the chain has "locked" up - it kind of
caterpillared on the new chain ring after changing.

Is there a maximum gap between front rings?

_ This sounds like what MTB'ers refer to as "chain suck".

mtbbritain.co.ukchain suck.htmlOpen ↗

If so you probably need to get a new chain. It's generally a
good idea to get a new chain when you get new chainrings,
especially for such a small chainring. BTW, it's a really
good idea to get steel chainrings for ones that small if at
all possible.

_ Booker C. Bense

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In article <[email hidden]>, Walter

Mitty said:

To get a lower gearing on my tourer using campag racing-t,
I recently replaced the inner 24 chain ring with a 22,
changed the outer chain ring for something smaller in
order to be able to lower the front derailleur to enable
the cage to accomadate the smaller inside ring.

On two occasions now the chain has "locked" up - it kind
of caterpillared on the new chain ring after changing.

Is there a maximum gap between front rings?

_ This sounds like what MTB'ers refer to as "chain suck".

mtbbritain.co.ukchain suck.htmlOpen ↗

If so you probably need to get a new chain. It's generally
a good idea to get a new chain when you get new
chainrings, especially for such a small chainring. BTW,
it's a really good idea to get steel chainrings for ones
that small if at all possible.

_ Booker C. Bense

Cool : thanks for the link.