diff --git a/pyemma/coordinates/io/feature_reader.py b/pyemma/coordinates/io/feature_reader.py
index 455d1d580..117e68bfd 100644
--- a/pyemma/coordinates/io/feature_reader.py
+++ b/pyemma/coordinates/io/feature_reader.py
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ def next_chunk(self, lag=0):
 
         self.t += chunk.xyz.shape[0]
 
-        if (self.t >= self.trajectory_length(self.curr_itraj) and
+        if (self.t + lag >= self.trajectory_length(self.curr_itraj) and
                 self.curr_itraj < len(self.trajfiles) - 1):
             log.debug('closing current trajectory "%s"'
                       % self.trajfiles[self.curr_itraj])
diff --git a/pyemma/coordinates/transform/pca.py b/pyemma/coordinates/transform/pca.py
index 07b103a85..ce5b69587 100644
--- a/pyemma/coordinates/transform/pca.py
+++ b/pyemma/coordinates/transform/pca.py
@@ -146,5 +146,6 @@ def map(self, X):
         :param X: the input data
         :return: the projected data
         """
-        Y = np.dot(X, self.R[:, 0:self.output_dimension])
+        X_meanfree = X - self.mu
+        Y = np.dot(X_meanfree, self.R[:, 0:self.output_dimension])
         return Y
diff --git a/pyemma/coordinates/transform/tica.py b/pyemma/coordinates/transform/tica.py
index 1f124b9a1..51856744e 100644
--- a/pyemma/coordinates/transform/tica.py
+++ b/pyemma/coordinates/transform/tica.py
@@ -162,9 +162,13 @@ def param_add_data(self, X, itraj, t, first_chunk, last_chunk_in_traj,
 
         if ipass == 1:
             X_meanfree = X - self.mu
-            Y_meanfree = Y - self.mu
             self.cov += np.dot(X_meanfree.T, X_meanfree)
-            self.cov_tau += np.dot(X_meanfree.T, Y_meanfree)
+            fake_data = max(t+X.shape[0]-self.trajectory_length(itraj)+self.lag,0)
+            end = X.shape[0]-fake_data
+            if end > 0:
+                X_meanfree = X[0:end] - self.mu
+                Y_meanfree = Y[0:end] - self.mu
+                self.cov_tau += np.dot(X_meanfree.T, Y_meanfree)
 
             if last_chunk:
                 return True  # finished!
@@ -175,7 +179,7 @@ def param_add_data(self, X, itraj, t, first_chunk, last_chunk_in_traj,
     def param_finish(self):
         # norm
         self.cov /= self.N - 1
-        self.cov_tau /= self.N - self.lag - 1
+        self.cov_tau /= self.N - self.lag*self.number_of_trajectories() - 1
 
         # symmetrize covariance matrices
         self.cov = self.cov + self.cov.T
diff --git a/pyemma/coordinates/util/stat.py b/pyemma/coordinates/util/stat.py
index 17c59556d..566d77adb 100644
--- a/pyemma/coordinates/util/stat.py
+++ b/pyemma/coordinates/util/stat.py
@@ -39,8 +39,22 @@ def subsample(transform, dimensions, stride=1):
     '''
     trajs = [np.zeros((0, len(dimensions)))
              for _ in xrange(transform.number_of_trajectories())]
+    last_i = -1    
     for i, chunk in transform:
-        trajs[i] = np.concatenate((trajs[i], chunk[::stride, dimensions]))
+        if i != last_i:
+             t_0 = 0
+             t_next = 0
+             last_i = i
+        size = chunk.shape[0]
+        if t_next-t_0 < size:        
+            block =  chunk[t_next-t_0::stride, dimensions]
+            trajs[i] = np.concatenate((trajs[i], block))
+            n_out = (size - (t_next-t_0) - 1)//stride + 1
+            assert block.shape[0] == n_out
+        else:
+            n_out = 0
+        t_0 += size
+        t_next += stride*n_out
     return trajs