Does leaving the chain on overnight tire the legs

[Spiderweb]

Make sure your tyre valves are both facing up, if not air could fall out overnight.

 

[Drago]

You lot haven't got a clue. The chain doesn't shrink, the frame expands after a ride. If @Yellow Saddle were here he'd be apopleptic, and rightly so.

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

I lock my bikes together with a big motorcycle chain so I have to bend the frames back the right way before every ride

 

[galaxy]

Its also best to remove all paint from the frame and re-apply before going out, gives optimum shine

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Pfft. Bikes are disposable. Throw them away after use and get a new one.

 

[Piemaster]

Yes. Definitely.
Unfortunately she won't let me have the key.

 

[MikeG]

You're all forgetting magnetic alignment. It could be catastrophic if your bike isn't left overnight facing due north or south. However, don't take any notice of that ley line nonsense. The rest of the advice has been all sciency and stuff, but the ley line crap is just silly.

 

[Drago]

I'm considering only using bikes built pre-1945 so I've not got a pics of irradiated steel between my legs, slowly microwaving my trouser vegetables. I'm sure they glow like the Ready Brek kids if you look hard enough.

 

[Welsh wheels]

Sounds like the annual Cyclechat magic mushroom hunt was successful.

 

[accountantpete]

See your Doctor and tell them you are suffering from CFS (chain fatigue syndrome).

 

[Deleted member 35268]

I can't believe I have been wearing the left cycling sock on the right foot and vice versa all year.

 

[perplexed]

I'm considering only using bikes built pre-1945 so I've not got a pics of irradiated steel between my legs, slowly microwaving my trouser vegetables. I'm sure they glow like the Ready Brek kids if you look hard enough.

I very much look forward to using this expression soon...

 

[ColinJ]

I knew someone who insisted that "bikes should be left with the chain on the smallest chainring and sprocket because any other combination permanently stetches the springs in the rear derailleur"!

 

[Smokin Joe]

I knew someone who insisted that "bikes should be left with the chain on the smallest chainring and sprocket because any other combination permanently stetches the springs in the rear derailleur"!

The first time I heard that was when a workmate was told it by the shop who sold him a new bike. Needless to say it was the type of shop where the range of bikes went from diabolical BSOs to merely awful BSOs.

 

[classic33]

Make sure your tyre valves are both facing up, if not air could fall out overnight.

I've got slime in the innertubes to stop that, when the valve is at the bottom.