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Hey guys,
I'm not sure if this is the best place for this post, but I have been having a few problems with my bike for awhile and I'm curious if anybody else has had any of the same problems.
First off, my front wheel moves to the left side when I brake hard with my front brake. This has been ongoing for the last year, and I haven't been able to find a solution. I set the wheel, and tighten the skewer tight, but as soon as I brake moderate to hard with my front brake the wheel will move. It doesn't move just while braking, it's permanent. To correct it I have to loosen, and then re tighten the skewer (only for it to happen the next time I brake).
My next issue just recently came up after I replaced the chain and cassette. When in 1st gear, (smallest of the chainring, and *largest* of the cassette), the bike has a faint grinding sound like it's trying to shift gears. It appears there is quite a bit of horizontal offset from the smallest of the chainring gears, and *largest* of the cassette gears. From what I can tell, it looks like the horizontal offset is enough for the chain to be being pulled off of the smallest of the chainring gears causing the faint grinding noise. This didn't happen with the last chain and cassette, and I'm nearly 100% positive the chain and cassette are the same as what was previously on the bike because I used the Giant site to determine what cassette and chain the bike used.
**Edits made where *'s are prevalent
Bike Info:
Mostly stock 2010 Giant Talon 2 29er
Talon 29er 2- 2011 (2010) | Giant Bicycles | United States
Mods:
BB7's
Manitou Tower Pro (2012) Fork
Easton EA70XC Front Wheel
Thank you for the replies,
I'm not sure if this is the best place for this post, but I have been having a few problems with my bike for awhile and I'm curious if anybody else has had any of the same problems.
First off, my front wheel moves to the left side when I brake hard with my front brake. This has been ongoing for the last year, and I haven't been able to find a solution. I set the wheel, and tighten the skewer tight, but as soon as I brake moderate to hard with my front brake the wheel will move. It doesn't move just while braking, it's permanent. To correct it I have to loosen, and then re tighten the skewer (only for it to happen the next time I brake).
My next issue just recently came up after I replaced the chain and cassette. When in 1st gear, (smallest of the chainring, and *largest* of the cassette), the bike has a faint grinding sound like it's trying to shift gears. It appears there is quite a bit of horizontal offset from the smallest of the chainring gears, and *largest* of the cassette gears. From what I can tell, it looks like the horizontal offset is enough for the chain to be being pulled off of the smallest of the chainring gears causing the faint grinding noise. This didn't happen with the last chain and cassette, and I'm nearly 100% positive the chain and cassette are the same as what was previously on the bike because I used the Giant site to determine what cassette and chain the bike used.
**Edits made where *'s are prevalent
Bike Info:
Mostly stock 2010 Giant Talon 2 29er
Talon 29er 2- 2011 (2010) | Giant Bicycles | United States
Mods:
BB7's
Manitou Tower Pro (2012) Fork
Easton EA70XC Front Wheel
Thank you for the replies,