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Tagged with derailleur shifter
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Chainring spacing of cranksets universal?
My understanding is that 7/8/9/10 chainring spacing is the same.
I have a Shimano Claris double/2x8-speed that I want to upgrade to a triple front, but using a 10-speed crank. I’ve acquired a Shimano ...
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Are there any electronic shifters that decide front/back for you?
Are there any road bike electronic shifting systems out there currently that only have a single up and down shifter lever and use a computer to make the decision of whether to shift on the rear ...
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Internal hub shifters vs derailleur shifters indexing?
What is the indexing like on the popular internally-geared hubs (shimano nexus and sram i-motion)? Can one use a 3-speed front shimano derailleur shifter (e.g. acera) for a 3-speed shimano nexus hub? ...
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My bike is not shifting to the proper gear
So I have a Shimano derailleur and it shifts up decent only problem is it does not shift to the gear it's supposed to shift to. On my bars it will say I'm in gear 5 for example but the back of my bike ...
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How to increase the durability of gear-shifters
I am not a professional cyclist and may not even be a good rider but it seems like I tend to break my shifters way too often.
I initially had a SRAM-X4 8x3 Shifters which ripped apart in an accident. ...
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Shift lever and rear derailleur compatibility
I have got MTB with Shimano RD-M410 Alivio Rear Derailleur 8 speed. It has brake/shift lever for it model ST-EF50-8R. I would like to move to disc brakes and therefore want to change to ST-EF505 ...
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Different Derailleurs with different shifters
I want to install hydraulic disk brakes on my bicycle, however I also need shifters as shifters and brakes are integrated on my bike.
I have 3 speed tourney FD TY 500 triple in front and Altus MD310 ...
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Shift lever tight when cable clamped in derailleur, adjustments seem futile
I have a 2020 Giant Trance 2 I purchased new at the beginning of June 2020. Recently I had to replace my shifter cable (I broke a ferrule and the cable was fraying and very short, so I figured the ...
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Cassette noise in gears 1,2 and 3 on newer bike
I was out riding when I broke my chain (too high of a gear and too steep of a gradient). Got chain replaced and now my cassette gear 1 (easiest gear) takes more power to pedal than gear 2 and when I ...
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Which shifters are compatible with dura ace 740x?
I've read that Shimano updated the cable pull ratio on their other series early on but not for Dura-Ace until 1997 with the 7700. Which downtube shifting levers are compatible with their 7400/7401/...
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Can I change my derailleur without changing my shifter?
I have Shimano V-Brake 8-speed shifters on my bike. These have the brakes and the shifter in one component. I'd like to change my derailleur can I put in a newer 8 speed Shimano derailleur that will ...
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My shifter shifts only one gear up and down
I just was on a ride and all of a sudden I could only shift one gear up and down (in this case it was the 10th and 11th respectively the 21th and 22th). If I try to move the shifter further up (so up ...
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New bike rear derailleur not working correctly
I got this new bike over a week ago, and I was trying to fix the bike's derailing system and I can't seem to get it fixed.
I tried watching a ton of videos online on how to adjust your derailleurs ...
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Front dérailleur does not shift into largest chainring
I have a Shimano ST-EF60-8R shifter with a Shimano FD3303 front derailleur - it does not go into 3rd gear which is the largest; it feels like the wire is going to pop. I just bought the bike, a Trek ...
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First shift up after shifting down only moves as I'm releasing the lever not on both the click in and click out of the lever like the consecutive ones
Video of Issue: https://i.sstatic.net/aGJOk.jpg
I have just been given my dad's old bike and was looking at fixing it up. However, it has a shifting problem where it shifts down the gears perfectly ...
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