Chain suck -- $#%&*

[Cassie]

I also cannot get my mind around this trick...I mean - chain suck implies the chain not comming off the chainrings properly and timely....how does this gadgets help? prevent that?

 

Picture says a thousand words...come one someone...help me out here!!

 

[TNT1]

 

Don't know if one of you saw a little gadget they advertised on super cycling' date=' from cycle lab. It's a small plastic clamp you can put on your bike just under your front derailleur to prevent chain suck. Think it's about 25 bucks, which is not that bad.[/quote']

 

No, no no... you are thinking of a dawg fang, which is used to prevent dropping the chin off on the inside....

 

There is no little plastic thingy to prevent chain suck.

 

[Bos]

I skeem cable-tie a Braai grid cleaning brush to your chainstay, leave the fatty sh*t from the braai grids on the brush as it will lube the chain at the same time.

 

Im quite interrested to see if one cannot make some gadget that runs just behind chainrings that will"pull the chain off" the rings if it had to occur. a bit like the bottom roller of a chaindevice.

 

mm.. I guess If you go through all the trouble you might just get murphys law and never ever ride in the mud again which is a win-win situation.

[Roders]

Don't know if one of you saw a little gadget they advertised on super cycling' date=' from cycle lab. It's a small plastic clamp you can put on your bike just under your front derailleur to prevent chain suck. Think it's about 25 bucks, which is not that bad.[/quote']

No, no no... you are thinking of a dawg fang, which is used to prevent dropping the chin off on the inside....

There is no little plastic thingy to prevent chain suck.

 

 

I've seen an aly thingy which bolts to the bottom of the frame to catch chain suck, it was imported though.

I could tool up to manufacture these things, just don't know if the local market is big enough to justify the tooling expense. Comments??

[STEEL Niner]

Aaahhh the joys of a simple single speed, the only chainsuck you get, are the ones (chains) that eventually wear out after a couple years!!

[Gravity Sux]

Not necessarily a solution to your chain suck problem but it may help when riding in mud. The conditions are the same for everybody so the better you cope with the conditions the better (not strictly true, nobody has churned up the mud for the race snakes but a good thought to keep you motivated). In saying that I have had it with mud this year and would probably not start a really muddy race, not because I am scared of getting wet but because of what it costs to fix the bike afterwards.

1. Keep your bike as clean as possible. Whatever you do avoid thick mud. In many cases standing water is good as it washes mud off.

2. If it is really bad and you come to a river wash your bike, particularly the drive train.

3. As mentioned above, lube works but only for a short time. The cleaner your bike is when you apply lube the longer it will last. Carry wet lube and lube whenever you can, even if it only lasts for a while it does make things better.

4. If you are getting chain suck on the small blade ride in the middle blade... not always possible but it helps some of the time.

5. If it is really bad just get off and walk. If you can rather carry your bike when you are walking. You don't get extra points for riding the whole way and if you keep your bike cleaner by walking short sections you will have a better ride in the long run.

6. Be gentle on your equipment. Chain suck is bad but if you break a chain or derailer because of chain suck you are really going to have fun.