Ok, hold the E bike jibes for now - I haven’t turned to the dark side!
I do s bit of bike servicing for friends/ friends of friends and I have just finished doing a shock/fork/brake service on a Lady’s E bike. It is a Specialized Levo with NX/GX drivetrain and Praxis cranks/chainring. I checked the chain and it had stretched to the .75 limit on my checker. I quickly tried an 11 speed kmc x11 chain and it wouldn’t work at all - it kept jamming on the chainring. I stuck the old chain back on and left it for now. After doing some research I realised the praxis rings have a wave pattern and the outer links need to sit into the recesses which are every 2nd tooth. Obviously I had the chain on incorrectly which caused the jamming.
So to get to my question: apart fromthe KMC E bike chains, are there any other options? Has anyone had any issues using Praxis “wave” chainrings? Being beyond the .75 stretch, I’m concerned the cassette maybe cactus, but I’ll at least try a new chain first.
Cheers
C
I do s bit of bike servicing for friends/ friends of friends and I have just finished doing a shock/fork/brake service on a Lady’s E bike. It is a Specialized Levo with NX/GX drivetrain and Praxis cranks/chainring. I checked the chain and it had stretched to the .75 limit on my checker. I quickly tried an 11 speed kmc x11 chain and it wouldn’t work at all - it kept jamming on the chainring. I stuck the old chain back on and left it for now. After doing some research I realised the praxis rings have a wave pattern and the outer links need to sit into the recesses which are every 2nd tooth. Obviously I had the chain on incorrectly which caused the jamming.
So to get to my question: apart fromthe KMC E bike chains, are there any other options? Has anyone had any issues using Praxis “wave” chainrings? Being beyond the .75 stretch, I’m concerned the cassette maybe cactus, but I’ll at least try a new chain first.
Cheers
C