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[nathanm]

There are much easier ways..

such as?

 

[moorey]

such as?

As removing the chain off the chainring.

 

[Daniel Hale]

ebay chainring pliers buy 3 pairs @$5

granite tyre lever with integrated pliers even better granite pliers/tyre lever, havn’t broken the tyre yet on a tubeless

slip the chain off the front chain ring,makes the chain slacker for you to be using needle nose pliers to free it?

 

[nathanm]

As removing the chain off the chainring.

why? The coat hanger method gives you more than enough slack? taking the chain off the ring is still going to keep tension on it.

 

[moorey]

why? The coat hanger method gives you more than enough slack? taking the chain off the ring is still going to keep tension on it.

If you say so.

 

[PJO]

Personally, I keep the chain well away from my ring when squeezing and pinching!

 

[PJO]

Just wait till those chainring spacers arrive and see if they make a difference. I probably have some I could lend you, can't remember which ones I used on the bike. Also depends how long it takes for the ones you ordered to arrive, might be faster than us trying to tee up a meeting... let me know!

 

[nathanm]

alright for those playing along at home I had a play with the cranks last night. I have found despite the cranks having a chainline of around 47mm it's still too far down the cassette. hopefully some 2mm spacers may change this, but despite having a ton of room between the chainstay and the front ring, I only have around 9mm of room between chain and tyre, without counting for deflection so its all a bit tight.

This is the chainline with the Raceface cranks and 32t nw ring

SLX cranks chain line, could probably move up a gear

The SLX crankset with snail NW ring I want to use

 

[Flow-Rider]

Can you shim the Cassette out anymore, every bit will help even half a mm.

 

[nathanm]

Can you shim the Cassette out anymore, every bit will help even half a mm.

that's exactly my next thought. the Mavic Crossone's already have a 2.5mm shim behind the cassette as it's a road freehub body. If I can add another 1-2mm that will be a huge bonus, but I'm just not sure how close I can have the cassette body to the end of the freehub before I cause issues with the lockring?

 

[rangersac]

RF chainline looks ok, but the SLX one definitely is wide. I reckon the RF with the spacers will play. I had the same issues as you with an XT triple crank on my then Banshee Spitfire and spacers fixed it.

 

[mooboyj]

Have you actually ridden it? I had issues getting the 11-50 11 speed cassette working on my bike. I got it close, rode it and it was fine, put it back on the stand and it was a bit cranky...