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pedals only move bike at highest gear
Recently my bike will only move if I’m in the highest gear. I can pedal at lower gears but it will not move my bike forward at any reasonable speed and when I get up to even a very low speed the ...
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combining technologies and speeds: shifter and rear derailleur (index, friction)
is it possible to combine an indexed shifter with old friction derailleurs?
As the cable is moved by the shifter, I understand that derailleurs should work by default and by moved with mm that the ...
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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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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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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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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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Front derailleur not shifting up
I have a road bike with shimano front derailleur and dropped shifter. For weeks my front derailleur has been very stiff, requiring much force on the shifter to go onto the bigger ring, so the other ...
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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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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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SRAM X01 Eagle (12speed) in 11speed transmission: it work?
Well, I intend to use an SRAM X01 Eagle (12speed) rear derailleur in a 1x11 transmission (with a SRAM X01 "non-Eagle" 11speed trigger, cassette SunRace 11s 11-46, SRAM PC XX1 chain).
Will it work ...
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Campagnolo Cambio Corsa primitive derailleur -- can it be recreated?
Does anyone make this sort of system and sell it today, or is my only option looking for someone selling theirs? I've googled whether similar systems are being made today but found nothing to my ...
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Using 9 speed Deore front shifter with 10 speed Ultegra front Deraileur
I am trying to build a bike out of all the spare parts I have in my garage. I found a 3x9 Deore front shifter, 3x10 Ultegra front d and crankset. Would they work together?
By the way, I am building a ...
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Electronic shifters
I have been reading alot about the electronic shifters that are out now, specifically the ones on TREK bikes. I was wondering if they are worth the price, and more importantly how do they perform.
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(Automatic Bike Project) amount of torque required to change gears?
I am planning to build an electronically controlled automatic bike transmission for my senior design project. I'm personally more of an electrical guy, so dealing with the mechanics is somewhat new to ...
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How long does a shifter, rear mech and front mech last?
I am talking about absolutely dirt cheap components which are non-branded. In terms of number of kilometres how long do they last? The bicycle is ridden on city and country roads and maintained ...
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