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Tagged with derailleur chain
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How to properly adjust rear derailleur for Wahoo Kickr?
I have a Merida Escultura 100 connected to a Wahoo Kickr (with the rear wheel removed, of course). I've ridden this combination for over a year and had the derailleur adjusted more or less so there ...
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Chain repeatedly slips on rear cogs to next higher gear...and sometimes back and forth. What to adjust?
EDIT: Just to be clear, everything has worked fine with the bike and the Kickr up until a few weeks ago (that is, for about six months the combo has worked fine). So something's gone a bit out of ...
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Chain Links remain raised (i.e. sticky link)
I was trying to adjust my rear derailleur but I heard a noise. I found that when the chain went through the pulleys one link of the chain stayed up and made a noise.
How do I fix this?
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9 speed chain on 8 speed derailers to reduce chain rub
I'm getting some chain rub on the hardest gear in the front and 2 hardest gears in the back where the chain hits the front derailer cage outer side. When I spin the pedal it seems like the chain is ...
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My daughters chain keeps falling off
The derailleur is not feeding the chain to the cassette properly it comes off the cog about half way round and gets spat off the cogs completely.
It looks like the derailleur is bent outwards which ...
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Chain is loose and rubs the upper part of the chain stay
I noticed that my bike's chain is rubbing the chain stay when I use the lower gears.
The bike is new; I'm wondering what the problem is.
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What can cause the chain to stay attached to chain-ring at bottom causing it to ride up and jam in the frame ("chainsuck")?
I'm looking for possible/likely causes of an issue with my front chain-rings on my bike. It's a 3x8 setup and the problem is worst on the smallest front chain-ring, and worse again when combining ...
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Advice needed to upgrade my groupset to make climbing easier
I have a Canyon Ultimate CF SL 8.0 Ultegra Di2 2020 with a rear 11/30 cassette and a 52/36 chain ring. It has a short cage rear derailleur (Ultegra Di2 R8050 SS short cage). I do long distance cycling ...
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Front derailleur struggles to shift to smallest chainring, when it eventually shifts, the chain goes too far and falls out
So i am trying to adjust the front derailleur limit screws and cable tension, but i can't get it to shift smoothly. It is struggling to shift the chain to the smallest ring, especially under torque, ...
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New bike is making rattling noise
Brand new specialized rockhopper 2022 is making rattling noise.
Sample:
Is this normal or could it be a manufacturing defect?
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Is it normal that my front derauiller and chain rub when I take my bike off my trainer?
I have a direct drive trainer and the directions say when taking the bike on and off the bike to take shift the bike into the hardest gearing (cross chaining even). This is the smallest cog in the ...
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New(ish) bike chain slack when backpedalling or cruising
I bought a bike from Target a week ago (Yes, I get it, cheap department store bikes are terrible). It's been working okay until I tried using it again today after a 3 day break.
In that time period, ...
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I want to covert my bike from a 7 to 9 speed. I have a Shimano 600 derailleur. Will this work or what would you advise as affordable upgrade?
I want to covert my 7 speed to 9. Currently I have a Shimano 600 derailleur. What parts do I need to make this work?
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What are the long-term effect of riding with a chain that's too short?
I bought my bike late November 2017, and have been riding it with the same chain ever since. I've only done very light riding with the longest rides I've ever done amounting to 60km. Last week, I took ...
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Chain "jumping" every few crank rotations
After a few pedal-strokes the rear derailleur completely gives out and the pedals drop to catch up.
After much googling it says the most common thing is rear derailleur adjustment is needed, so I have ...
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