Hey I was trying to answer the guy about the gears and chain length, and all of the sudden it says not able to accept new posts and then it got deleted???Any ideas? Here was the answer anyway in case you are still here.[&:]

Well here's my take on it. I started out with the stock gears 14-42. I quickly did the 13 tooth front gear change, and since then bumped the back up to a 45. I can still do 60 and now 6th gear is actually useful. However you are wise in thinking of keeping the front at a 14, I am actually thinking about going back but I would have to bump the back up to a 48 to keep the same gearing I have now. The noise from the chain trying to go around that 13 tooth sprocket is not only annoying, but it is sure to wear out the chain way before its time. I too like the low end power rather than how fast the bike can do down the highway, so what I would suggest is go to the shop with the bike, tell the guy you want a 48 tooth back gear and a chain to match, and also have them measure the chain and take into consideration that you want to get the chain adjusters back into the middle to low adjustment so you can tighten the chain as it stretches a little. Also and I might be wrong, you might be able to still use the chain guard with the 48, but someone might chime in if I'm wrong.

 

Ok now it showed back up, did I have too much coffee today? Am I seeing things and going crazy? Ok that was a loaded question forget I asked, now I have a double post.....Oh well, everything is back to normal, and with me that's all relative.

 

hey Deej is it coffee time?

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I was gonna say.......I didn't do it!!!!! I've had a few odd things happen too lately.......must be the lack of coffee!!

Hey deej.....coffee break??

 

Okay put down the pipe and step away from the bag.

Shame on you for not sharing your obvious use of hallucinates, threads disappear and reappear, right!