Questions tagged [derailleur]
Mechanism to move the chain from one sprocket to another.
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Very stiff front derailleur
My girlfriend has been having problems with her front shifter/derailleur since she got her bike. For some reason, moving the chain from the middle ring to the big ring at the front, is very stiff.
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Upgrade Shimano Sora shifters to 105
I want to upgrade my 3x9 Sora shifters to 3x10 105s. However, looking at the Shimano Compatibility Chart, it appears to indicate that I'll have to replace my front and rear derailleurs in addition to ...
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What causes my chain to derail at the rear when I accelerate?
I recently bought a beat-up old mountain bike for commuting. I've tried to clean and adjust the derailleurs and everything seems to work well enough in my garage. But when I put heavy weight on the ...
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11-42t cassette with a 9 speed derailleur, will it work?
I'm trying to figure out if my 9 speed derailleur (Shimano Deore) will work with a 11-42t cassette (note that it is a specific 9 speed cassette).
It is for a MTB 1× setup
I previously had a 3×9 ...
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Is my Shimano Deore SLX dérailleur a medium or long cage?
I have a Scott E-Genius 730 Plus and would like to replace the rear dérailleur (the probable cause of difficulties described in my last question). It's a Shimano Deore SLX Dyna-sys unit, it's for a 10-...
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Replaced chain, bike makes grinding noise?
Recently, I started going to a community bike shop to learn how to maintain and service my own bike.
Ever since I changed the old, worn-out chain to a new chain with a master link, I've been ...
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Front derailleur doesn't seem to be moving
I'm trying to troubleshoot my 24 speed hybrid bike. As it was, the front shifter was having very little effect. I would change gears and not much would happen.
When I had a chance to look at it, I ...
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What kind of Rear derailleur do i have and what RD should I buy as a replacement?
I have an old mountain bike (21 speed) and I'm not sure what kind of rear derailleur i have. So far the performance is still okay but I was planning to replace it with my spare RD (SunRun Index) but ...
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Can I put a lower geared cassette on my bike?
I bought a bike recently that has a 34 front 28 rear gear ratio. It is an Elfama E2500, which is a Korean brand I believe. It has a Shimano Claris (which is rated for up to 32 teeth) rear derailleur ...
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Front derailleur won't spring back to lower gears
The front derailleur on my mountainbike sometimes gets stuck in high gears. When this happens and I want to shift down I can nudge it a bit with my foot and it will spring back to the lower gear.
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Front Deraillleur Barrel Adjustment
I'm working on adjusting my front derailleur; Shimano 105 group set 5700 series. On reading on the net and also watching a couple of online youtube videos there is comments about the barrel ...
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Rear derailleur looking abnormally contracted – What is wrong?
The derailleur is not extended. The cable tension seems ok. What could be the problem?
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9 Speed Road STI + MTB Derailleur
Apologies if this is is obvious or has been answered before.
I'm looking at setting up a touring bike, using road STI levers (Shimano or equivalent, looking at Tiagra 3x9 or possibly the Microshift ...
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Adding front derailleur vs upgrading the rear one on a (ladies) bicycle
What I want to achieve is going from having some gears to having more gears. To be more specific I would like to get more gear ratio range in both low and high end.
First of all I tried to look for ...
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