|> The most frequent culprit for chain drops is a bad chain line. Check
|> to see if your chain line is okay. A bad chain line maybe due to the
|> crank not being torqued down tight enough. Another reason maybe a
|> misaligned frame. Assuming that your XC-ltd components came standard
|> on your bike, you should definitely see if your chainwheels are too far
|> outboard relative to the rear cogs. Suntour XC-ltd components are not
|> to blame for chain drops. Shimano, campy, and whatever are just as likely
|> to drop chains on a misaligned drive train.
|>
|> An insurance against dropping chain is to attach a Third Eye Chain Watcher.
|> Costs around $8 in bike stores.
I'm not concerned with the chain falling off the inner chainring. It happens sometimes on my bike equipped with Shimano dx, but when it does, the chain was never suckup up between the stays and chainrings. However, on the Suntour equipped Trek, the chain was automatically sucked up once it fell off the inner ring. I think it is because there is sufficient space underneath the inner chain ring to allow the chain to fall underneath it, and onto the axle. The chain is then caught by the lower teeth of the
rings and forced up past the chain-stay.
I was just wondering if anybody out there had similiar experience with Trek 6000 equipped with XC-LTD.
We also tried one of tried using a gadget which was supposed to prevent the chain from falling off, but it never worked.
