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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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Shifter cable broke in the shifter and now the end is stuck in the shifter
So The end of my rear derailleur shifter cable is stuck in the shifter. Is it even possible to get out? See the picture below. Shifting up and down doesn't really do anything to its position.
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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 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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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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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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Mix Shimano Deore derailleurs with Microshift shifter for Shimano
I have Shimano Deore derailleurs 3x8 and I am thinking about upgrading my system with a combined shifter/brake system, such as Microshift's SB-R483. Microshift themeselves states that this system is ...
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Incrediably stiff rear downshifts
I have a '13 Trek MT-60 for my son that uses a Shimano Tourney derauilleur with a 6 speed revo shifter. The problem he had was that the shifting with it was incrediably stiff, even for an adult. I ...
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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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