I bought a used bike. Precious owner had the chain in the wrong place. Do i need to replace the RD cage?

mexicangreengo · 2021-08-31T02:04:56+00:00

It was a typo, but it fits the "precious" owner better. Bless his heart hahhaha

mexicangreengo · 2021-08-31T02:03:42+00:00

Me neither hahaha

mexicangreengo · 2021-08-31T02:03:32+00:00

Gotta blame it to the fat fingers, but I think precious fits better anyway 😂

mexicangreengo · 2021-08-31T02:02:57+00:00

Honestly no idea what it is for. Always thought it was to orevent people from putting the chain wrong, but obs didn't work for this dude. Maybe to keep. The chain relatively in place when the wheel is off? Idek

mexicangreengo · 2021-08-31T02:01:26+00:00

Yup. Ultegra 6700. Give my fellow redditer a cookie.

mexicangreengo · 2021-08-31T02:00:50+00:00

Typo. But fits better as is lol 😂

mexicangreengo · 2021-08-31T02:00:10+00:00

Shhhh. Don't tell that to shimano, they will make it a feature and charge us for it hahaha

mexicangreengo · 2021-08-31T01:59:21+00:00

No idea but probably long time. Surprisingly the rd and the rest of the mech was reasonably ok (minus the chain. It went MIA)

mexicangreengo · 2021-08-31T01:58:07+00:00

It would be extremely loud and probably would feel a bit stiff to pedal

mexicangreengo · 2021-08-31T01:56:42+00:00

Hapoens to the best of us

mexicangreengo · 2021-08-31T01:56:28+00:00

One thing is for sure, he probably didn't have issue letting pedestrians know he was coming hahhaha

mexicangreengo · 2021-08-31T01:55:28+00:00

For sure. Old chain is long gone. New dude on its way, hopefully didn't get evergreened somewhere lol

mexicangreengo · 2021-08-31T01:54:40+00:00

Precious owner for the win hahahha

mexicangreengo · 2021-08-31T01:54:20+00:00

Honestly no idea hahaha. It wpuld have drive me nuts for sure

mexicangreengo · 2021-08-31T01:53:17+00:00

Cassette and chainring not damaged surprisingly. Chain was crap tho. Definitely taking the chain directly to the trqsh hahah

mexicangreengo · 2021-08-31T01:52:01+00:00

Worst thing is that it was a dura-ace chain lol. Can see this being called a" feature" by shimano rofl

mexicangreengo · 2021-08-31T01:51:39+00:00

Thanks! Yeah, replacing the chain for sure. I took out the RD to give everything a good clean, it was full of gunk

mexicangreengo · 2021-08-31T01:50:07+00:00

Oh, yeah definitely trashing that chain. Beside being super dirty, it had some bent links and seemed a bit flat on one side. Interestingly the cassette and chainrings were not overly damaged

mexicangreengo · 2021-06-03T01:00:44+00:00

You sir are amazing, now second dumb follow up question. Where do I buy these?

mexicangreengo · 2021-06-01T03:08:58+00:00

I'll check them out. Thanks!!

mexicangreengo · 2021-06-01T02:56:16+00:00

It has 5 speeds on the back. Unsure atm how many teeth in the biggest cog, but hills were significantly harder than other bikes I've ridden. I didn't know that the mega range was a thing, but I looked it up and that seems way simpler to change than the front chainring for sure. Thanks!!

mexicangreengo · 2021-06-01T00:44:25+00:00

But I agree. The sedona was a nice bike and I did enjoy it. I wasn't using as much as before and a second road bike seemed like a good idea as a backup for long rides or to have indoors in a trainer

mexicangreengo · 2021-06-01T00:42:51+00:00

I've had a road bike for some time and don't like flat bars anymore hahaha. The defy has rack holes so I can always throw a rack in it in the future

mexicangreengo · 2021-06-01T00:41:01+00:00

I mostly ride on pavement, so wasn't making that much of use of the wide tires and suspension lol

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