Slip

[eldridge]

Hi all

I've just put my steel Boardman back on the road but I'm getting a bit of chain slip down on the bottom of the cassette is this a worn chain?

I'm pretty sure the gears are adjusted correctly.

Thanks for any input.

Cheers

Eldridge.

 

[vickster]

Quite possibly, measure it. If so, may well need new cassette too

 

[Levo-Lon]

Sure its the chain? The free hub may be sticking so that can feel like chain slip.

If its the chain as above, if it's a sticky hub, quick service will sort that

 

[eldridge]

If I remember correctly I did have the slip before I took the bike off the road, the cassette is pretty clean tbh and the gears are set correctly as far as I'm aware.

I have ordered a new chain we will see how that goes and report back.

Thanks for the help.

 

[treblig]

Sometimes a few sticky links in the chain can cause slip if they are not allowing the chain to engage.

 

[Ajax Bay]

I'm getting a bit of chain slip down on the bottom of the cassette is this a worn chain?
I did have the slip before I took the bike off the road, the cassette is pretty clean tbh

If you're getting slipping, then this isn't just a worn chain, it's a worn cassette and chain.
If the "cassette is pretty clean" it's because you've cleaned it ans not/scarcely ridden it. Difficult to tell by inspection if a cassette is worn beyond use.
Absolutely no point in measuring the chain or scrabbling for esoteric possibilities: sticky freehub, sticky chain links.
Buy both and install. Just replacing the chain will make the slipping worse - and right across the cassette - because the (now worn) cassette has grown up with the chain and can cope with it, except on the sprockets you use most for putting power down.

 

[eldridge]

I've just replaced the chain with a Shimano 105 and things seem OK.

Thanks for the input folks

Eldridge.

 

[Ajax Bay]

 

[eldridge]

Yeah Ajax Bay still slipping, gonna need a cassette, thanks for the advice.