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Gear Adjustment
Everytime i get my cables adjusted, with in a week I start to "lose" gears.
Shifting gets difficult. I put on about 200km+ a week. Is this normal? or is it something else? Micheal |
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"spademan o---[) *" cc.gov.uk wrote in message ... "Micheal Artindale" wrote in message . .. Everytime i get my cables adjusted, with in a week I start to "lose" gears. Shifting gets difficult. I put on about 200km+ a week. Is this normal? or is it something else? Micheal After fitting new cables you may need to re-adjust them after about that amount of time. Should be no need to fiddle with them much after that though, until they get all gritchy and you replace them. Steve. New or used, they still after about a week need to be readjusted. Micheal |
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"Micheal Artindale" wrote in message . .. Everytime i get my cables adjusted, with in a week I start to "lose" gears. Shifting gets difficult. I put on about 200km+ a week. Is this normal? or is it something else? Micheal After fitting new cables you may need to re-adjust them after about that amount of time. Should be no need to fiddle with them much after that though, until they get all gritchy and you replace them. Steve. |
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New or used, they still after about a week need to be readjusted.
To avoid waiting this week or so, you can pre-stress the cables so that it stretches instantly. If your frame is carbon fiber, don't do this! Here are the steps: Whenever new cables are installed, 1. shift into your largest gear on the rear, stop the cranks, 2. upshift into your hardest gear on the gear shifter *without turning the cranks*. 3. Manually pull the cable a little bit to make sure you get the shifter to release all the cable it can. Then pull the cable really hard. This will instantly pre-tension the cable and remove the vast majority of the "cable stretch" that new bikes and cables often have. Turn the cranks to settle your chain/derailleur and do the same thing for the front derailleur, except on the front shifter you'll be in the easiest gear for step 2 instead of your hardest gear. If your cable pinch bolts are tight, and you're using the correct housing (there are specific types for brake and shift), then you should be set. Otherwise, have an LBS look at it. -- Phil, Squid-in-Training |
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"JD" wrote in message m... "Micheal Artindale" wrote in message ... Everytime i get my cables adjusted, with in a week I start to "lose" gears. Shifting gets difficult. I put on about 200km+ a week. Is this normal? or is it something else? The surefire cure to this problem is go singlespeed. JD What do u think i get everytime my cable breaks... usually 7th gear of a 21 speed Micheal |
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Micheal Artindale says...
Everytime i get my cables adjusted, with in a week I start to "lose" gears. Shifting gets difficult. I put on about 200km+ a week. Is this normal? or is it something else? Micheal That's what the barrel adjusters are for. |
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"Micheal Artindale" wrote in message ...
Everytime i get my cables adjusted, with in a week I start to "lose" gears. Shifting gets difficult. I put on about 200km+ a week. Is this normal? or is it something else? The surefire cure to this problem is go singlespeed. JD |
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