Re: [ST] Chain stretch question...

[Bil Swartz <bil@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 29 Dec 2002, Alex wrote:

> Has anybody got any ideas what I'm doing wrong here, or is that normal
> stretch for the first use?

A new chain will stretch some after a couple of hundred miles but that
sounds a little excessive...you sure everything was tightened after
adjustment?  I've always heard it's better for a chain to run a little
loose than a little tight so I always adjust that way.

FWIW,


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