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NoCO2 · 06-16-2008, 10:35 AM

Wow, Volones, thanks for that great resource! I will definitely look into those books when I get a chance. And for information, I bought it new in 2006. It's a Trek 1000SL and I wanted to get the 2006 model year because they had a color I really liked in it, but when I finally had the money to get a bike they were phasing out the '06's and I went with an '07 model in the orange "flare" color (pictured attached).

I road today and it seems that the skipping is less now that I'm getting used to where I need to shift. I think the problem with the wear may have been as a result of an initial setup problem when I first got the bike. I used to be able to take it, in the middle front sprocket, all the way through the range of rear sprockets (except maybe the very high end one) and I got no noise or anything. However, I did get lots of noise if I shifted too low in the back and was in the final tall gear in the front and vice versa if I was in the "granny gear" up front. I have it adjusted now to where I can get through the first 3-4 in the rear while in the "granny gear", then I down shift one in the rear and move to the middle gear up front to continue to the next 3-4 gears and then I can downshift up to twice once I switch to the tallest front gear and I can finish going up the cassette in the rear without any noise. This seems like it would be the proper setup (if I'm wrong please correct me) to avoid cross training (unless my understanding of cross chaining is warped somehow) and I think the previous setup caused me to cross chain without knowing it sometimes.

SVOboy, thanks for the advice on the FD. I know about adjusting those, that's what I've been playing with the last 2 days trying to tweak so it's not rubbing too much. The problem, however, is that it's very very hard to find this spot it seems to like to be set to. If I go even the slightest bit too tight, when I go to shift it will get stuck and not engage the chain and if I go too lose it takes forever to engage, so I'm still working on finding that spot between the two extremes.

06-16-2008, 10:35 AM	#11 (permalink)
NoCO2 Bicycle Junky Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 464 Putsaround - '96 Toyota Camry LE 90 day: 32.74 mpg (US) The Commuter - '07 Trek 1000SL 90 day: 617.28 mpg (US) Zippy - '91 Honda Civic DX 90 day: 33.29 mpg (US) Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Wow, Volones, thanks for that great resource! I will definitely look into those books when I get a chance. And for information, I bought it new in 2006. It's a Trek 1000SL and I wanted to get the 2006 model year because they had a color I really liked in it, but when I finally had the money to get a bike they were phasing out the '06's and I went with an '07 model in the orange "flare" color (pictured attached). I road today and it seems that the skipping is less now that I'm getting used to where I need to shift. I think the problem with the wear may have been as a result of an initial setup problem when I first got the bike. I used to be able to take it, in the middle front sprocket, all the way through the range of rear sprockets (except maybe the very high end one) and I got no noise or anything. However, I did get lots of noise if I shifted too low in the back and was in the final tall gear in the front and vice versa if I was in the "granny gear" up front. I have it adjusted now to where I can get through the first 3-4 in the rear while in the "granny gear", then I down shift one in the rear and move to the middle gear up front to continue to the next 3-4 gears and then I can downshift up to twice once I switch to the tallest front gear and I can finish going up the cassette in the rear without any noise. This seems like it would be the proper setup (if I'm wrong please correct me) to avoid cross training (unless my understanding of cross chaining is warped somehow) and I think the previous setup caused me to cross chain without knowing it sometimes. SVOboy, thanks for the advice on the FD. I know about adjusting those, that's what I've been playing with the last 2 days trying to tweak so it's not rubbing too much. The problem, however, is that it's very very hard to find this spot it seems to like to be set to. If I go even the slightest bit too tight, when I go to shift it will get stuck and not engage the chain and if I go too lose it takes forever to engage, so I'm still working on finding that spot between the two extremes. Attached Thumbnails __________________