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My gears won't change up into 2nd
I am not a new rider, but I haven't ridden in a while. I got a new bike today
In the front gears, I have so much trouble in switching from 1 - 2 and 2 - 3. The problem is that the shifter changes its ...
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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.
Edit: I ...
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Shifting gears is too hard
I bought my son a new bike (Early Rider Seeker 20) and at the first ride it turned out that he is not able to shift gears down (5 to 4 or 4 to 3 asf) because it is too hard to press. I tried it myself ...
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Is it possible to shorten the lever throw/stroke on a flat bar shifter (Shimano Sora 8s)?
I'm having some thumb pain with my new bike, and I think that a part of it is because the big trigger requires my thumb to go back quite a lot, forcing it to a not ergonomical move.
Is it possible to ...
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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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If the parts inside a friction shifter are rusty, should I replace them?
I recently got a bike from my neighbor, and it has shifting problems. It won't shift out of the lowest gear on the rear cassette. The shifters don't do anything. I can pull the cable by hand, and it'...
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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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Road bike: can't shift down on front gears
I only have two chainrings on the crank. The chain is stuck on the big one. When I hit the button on the shifter to shift down I am not seeing the cable move at all which is odd.
Not sure where to ...
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Hey my right gripshift won't turn, need help
My mongoose bikes right shifter won't shift, it's too hard or stiff and the wire that connects to the gripshift is loose which isn't normal because the left shifter is in place and not loose and works....
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Shimano 105 rear derailleur issue
I have a specialized roubaix of 10 years old. With shimano 105 group. I’m having trouble with my rear derailleur. I want to adjust it so i start on the smallest gear at the back and change gear one by ...
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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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Shimano shifter not working
I’ve got a Shimano Sora shifter and it’s stoped shifting all together on the rear mech recently.
I thought it was the cables so I changed it today and still no joy. I’ve also cleaned it out with WD40 ...
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Mixing 11 speed shifter with 10 speed front derailleur (Shimano)
On my Specialized Rockhopper hardtail I run a Shimano 3x10 drivetrain. The derailleurs are both XT with the front mech being model number FD-M781. For an excellent price, I can get a new take off XT ...
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Microshift Advent rear derailleur cable pull ratio?
What is the pull ratio of the MicroShift ADVENT rear derailleur?
I like the gearing of their 11-42 9-speed cassette and 47T derailer's capacity, but not the ADVENT road shifter(s), and investigating ...
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