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I can't shift gears
My friend gave me his bike because it was too small for him, I was new to biking so I didn't notice till now that T can't switch gears. My front derailleur is on middle gear out of 3 and the rear on ...
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Front derailleur cable suddenly very slack (no shifting), not sure what's caused it
I last rode the bike on Sunday. Throughout the ride I noticed the front shifter (grip friction shift, Shimano) was feeling "looser" than normal (hard to describe, it didn't feel "right" and seemed to ...
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Would a IGH drive train last longer than a derailleur drive train?
Would a single sprocket + 8 speed chain + single chain wheel used in combination with a IGH last longer than a 10 speed cassette + 10 speed chain + 3x chain wheels?
Image I have 2 bicycles.
Bike 1 ...
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Will 2 x 10 speed front derailleur work with 11 speed set up?
Would an existing 2x10 front mech work with a new 11 speed rear set up? Using all Shimano SLX with 11 speed shifter, rear mech and chain. Front chain rings are 2 x SLX 38/28.
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Rear derailleur moves to much for each click - tried everything
Two years ago I build a bike (flat bar) with SRAM 1x11. Around a month ago the rear-derailleur broke (guide pulley broke).
I bought a new rear derailleur: Shimano 105 RD-5800-GS.
After installation ...
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Shimano front derailleur - tensioning, can't move shifter
I am trying to fix the front shifting on a bike (not my own, family member). The original reported problems were inability to shift into 3 (largest), combined with a tendency for the chain to come off ...
user38333
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Why does my rear derailleur's indexing work for either the high or the low gears, but not both?
I am adjusting my rear derailleur indexing. It seems impossible to find the correct tightness. When I tighten the tension with the tension barrel adjuster, I have one of two problems: either it is too ...
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Gears shift perfectly when suspended on rack, but not on the ground?
So I had recently solved some issues I was having thanks to the community. I re-tuned my bike on a suspended mount and everytning looks great. On the ground, all of the gears work smoothly except for ...
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All gears shift smoothly, but won’t shift into 1st gear/large cog. Help?
So I was tuning my newly acquired bike today and working with all 8 gears on the rear derailleur. I managed to properly set the high limit screw as well as cable tension so all gears shift smoothly ...
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How efficient is string bike? Is this really a revolutionary bike?
Bicycles are getting evolved with good technologies or methodologies as the period changes. Now, this one bike, so called string bike has been introduced, which doesn't have chain, derailleur but ...
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Swapping out my front and rear derailleurs
I have been having trouble adjusting my gears correctly, so that they stop making noise and grinding in one spot or another.
Every time I set the high, the low goes and then fiddling with the cable ...
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Can a gear change snap my chain?
On a ride yesterday I changed from my large to small cog on the front gear set and my chain instantaneously snapped. The snap occurred right on the point where the mech would have applied pressure.
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front gear shifters not working
I made some adjustments to the front derailer on my road bike as when I was in the big front gear and smallest low gear the chain was rubbing on the front derailer outer edge.
I followed guides on ...
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Gear cable replacement
I need to change the rear mech inner cable on my Giant Fastroad slr1 (2016). The cables are run internally through the frame, but I need to know if it is a continuous outer sheath or is in sections, ...
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Is 1x11 better than any 2X10? [closed]
I am upgrading from a Shimano tourney bike and newbie so please be nice to me .. lol :)
I ride trails and easy bike paths and some roads. For cross country - Semi road/ Semi mountain type riding, ...
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