Ryan Pile's Adventures in China. Easy Chain Adjustment on Tech Talk

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4.9 • 915 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2014

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Ryan Pyle's Circumnavigates China by Motorcycle

Ryan Pyle

Adventurer / Presenter / Producer / Photographer

Motorcycle adventurer, award winning photographer, public speaker, documentary film maker Ryan Pyle circumnavigates China. Documenting the trip on video for a later developed television series he and his brother Colin earn a Guinness World Record for the trip. Ryan talks about the experience, riding in China, the China motorcycle scene and living in Shanghai. There's a good chance that you'll find yourself looking to ride in China after this interview.

Ryan Pyle's Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/ryanpyle

Website: Ryan Pyle http://www.ryanpyle.com

TECH TALK: Easy Chain Adjustment

With Grant Johnson from Horizons Unlimited

Grant Johnson from Horizons Unlimited walks us through a proper chain adjustment and then gives a step by step method to make chains adjustment as easy as lifting your finger - no measuring involved.

See more of what Grant does at Horizons Unlimted http://www.horizonsunlimited.com

Transcript

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0:00.0	The I'm Lisa Thomas the other half to ride the world team and you're listening to
0:24.0	Adventure Rider Radio.
0:28.9	We got a fun show coming up for you today. We've got Ryan Pyle, a TV personality,
0:33.1	adventure motorcyclist, and Guinness World Record Holder.
0:36.8	We also have Grant Johnson from Horizons Unlimited talking about Chain Adjustment.
0:40.6	I'm Jim Martin.
0:41.5	This is Adventure Rider Radio. Stay with us.
0:48.0	Today we start off with Adventure Rider Radio's Tech Talk with Grant Johnson from Horizons Unlimited.
0:53.8	Are you tired of getting on your knees with your tape measure to measure the
0:59.1	slack and your chain? Well get rid of it because after today you don't need it. Grant's going to walk you through a method to set up your chain adjustment
1:05.9	so all you have to do is lift it up with your finger or push it up with your finger and you're going to know dead on
1:10.7	whether it's too loose or too tight.
1:13.0	Hi Grant, welcome back once again.
1:15.0	Yeah, it's great to be back here again.
1:16.8	Well, this week we're talking about chain adjustment
1:19.4	and it seems to be one of those misunderstood things
1:22.1	and another thing that's hotly debated as well.
1:25.4	Let's start with talking about why a chain needs to be adjusted.
1:30.1	The biggest problem is that the chain itself is hundreds of bushings.
1:33.9	The average chain is around 110 links.
1:36.2	Every one of those links is a bushing and it doesn't take much wear on each
1:40.4	individual one to equate to a result of a stretched chain.
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