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Rear derailleur won't shift up from smallest cog to next smallest cog but then shifts ok
I have a 1x10 Deore setup and recently I have been having shifting problems when I am moving up from the smallest cog to the next cog. It won't shift to the 2nd cog but if I shift twice up to the 3rd ...
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Sram AXS derailleur does not shift
Have you encountered a problem where a rear AXS derailleur stops shifting? Any suggestions?
I bought a mint 2023 GX AXS derailleur on Marketplace, it worked for the first short test ride on a road but ...
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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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Shifting back slightly after shifting to high gear to reduce grinding noise
I tested a Cannondale Optimo 4 (entry level road bike with Claris) and I liked the bike but had 1 issue. When I shift to biggest wheel in front and small wheel in back there is a grinding/rubbing ...
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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.
Edit: I ...
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Why has my derailleur reposition itself so that its out of place?
I have a 2004 Trek Navigator I'm trying to fix up. Everything seemed fine until I switched gears and heard loud odd noise plus my pedaling got alot harder. Upon inspection I found my rear derailleur ...
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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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SRAM Rival eTap Rear Derailleur Cannot Shift All The Way Inboard
I have set up a number of eTAP SRAM rear Derailleurs and never had an issue. I set up a 44 tooth XPLR cassette with the XPLR Rival eTAP rear Derailleur. I got the chain sized, on the pulleys and ...
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Problem with shifting up from small-small
I have a problem when trying to shift from the smallest sprocket on the rear casette to the bigger one when on the small chainring. It tries but it seems there isn't enough tension on the cable. If I &...
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Gears not shifting properly
I've got an issue that I've been trying to fix for more than a week. I broke my derailleur+hanger because I changed my cassette from a 11-28 to a 11-32 with a short cage Dura Ace 10s 7900. I replaced ...
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My bike's gears won't shift properly or at all
Firstly, sorry if this has been asked before but I don't know much about bikes. I bought my bike from big w (fairly cheap beginners bike, but I am happy with it). It has two shifters, one on the left (...
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Rear derailleur shifting backlash
I have a problem with my rear derailleur, which I cannot find a solution to.
The shifter has some kind of backlash, when I shift up it all goes perfect, same as if I go down. But when I try to turn ...
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Shifting derailleur without pedaling?
I know shifting gears without pedaling would potentially damage your bike, but would shifting front derailleur while stationary damage anything?
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How to adjust rear derailleur indexing in a mix-and-match drivetrain in the easiest manner?
I have a touring bike where the drivetrain has been built not according to Shimano's instructions. For example, the shift lever is SL-BS64-8 Ultegra 8-speed bar end shifter that according to Shimano's ...
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Can no longer shift to lowest gear
I recently worked on my derailleur a bit to fix some issues in high gears, however, now I can no longer shift down to my lowest in the cassette when in either crankset.
I have tried the L screw at ...
