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Old 02-25-20, 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
riddle me this bat man. just got back from my ride and about half way through I thought I was gunna have to make the call of shame and get picked up. The skipping got so bad I could no longer garantee forward movement. I changed to my big chain ring front fee and just like that it was fixed! No more skipping.

Do you wizards have any thoughts?
I believe the hypothesis is weak chain tension. Putting it on the big ring increases the tension.
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