06-06-15, 04:17 PM
So I cleaned and lubed the chain, then loosened it. However, before I loosened the axel nuts or chain adjusters etc, I noticed that the left hand side nut is on the 3rd notch from the front of the bike, whereas the right hand side is past the 4th notch. Is it normal for it to be that far out? Bear in mind that the tyre fitter checked my alignment with a laser tool yesterday afternoon. Would you set the right hand side to the same notch as the left or leave it as-is? I went ahead and loosened the chain a bit anyway, by adjusting the nut on each side by the same amount (moved a quarter of a turn each time). I haven't had a chance to take the bike out a run to see if there is any improvement yet because the weather is mad here at the minute.