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Bicycles Asked by Isi on August 7, 2021

Hello fellow cyclists,

I just bought a new Home Trainer that has a Shimano 105 Cassette.

My Bike has an Ultegra drivetrain with less than 600km (375mi).
I have checked the wear of the chain which seems clearly well off the .75

Chain wear check

Yet I get a clicking/ratcheting sound. Video at slow speed almost no load (hand cranked):

Video at higher speed with bigger load:

What would you do ?

Thanks a lot !

EDIT:
With this view, the alignment seems right and an indexing problem less likely ?

Here

Also, it seems the noise comes from the chain/cassette separation on top:

Here

4 Answers

The most likely scenario is that the freehub/cassette on your trainer do not line up exactly the same as they do on your normal wheel, and you need to make small tweak to your indexing.

In your second video, it definitely sounds like it is trying to change gear.

Answered by Andy P on August 7, 2021

this exact thing happened with me and not only on trainer but on road when riding on higher gears. tried a lot of thing by my self and found out that sometimes chain links and bearing runs out of lube or lube doesn't get to that inner part again sometimes. so you could try this solution.

Answered by Deadpool on August 7, 2021

I had a similar issue. I have a groupset Shimano 105 R7000 which worked very well with a SRAM chain (PC1130). When I changed the cassette for an Ultegra R8000 it made this noise. After trying a lot of things (lubbing and another SRAM chain) it turned out the SRAM chain was not compatible (or not so compatible) with the Ultegra R8000 cassette. Installing a Shimano Ultegra chain made any noise go away.

Answered by dig on August 7, 2021

I spent some time making sure my indexation was correct but it didn't remove the sound.

However after about 100km to 200km the sound was completely gone.

My though is that manufacturers optimize the overall lifespan of the whole drivetrain by having a slighly too big a cassette while the chain is still young so it can fit well and last longer when its elongated due to wear and tear. And we would only notice this now because we are in an quiet environment with a home trainer. I will put an update here as soon as I change my chain to a new one to comfirm.

Answered by Isi on August 7, 2021

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