Timeline for New to Bikes: My chain fell off and I put it back on. How can I know if it's on the right cog?
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| Nov 27, 2021 at 18:50 | vote | accept | Kev | ||
| Nov 26, 2021 at 14:35 | answer | added | Eriks Klotins | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 24, 2021 at 15:56 | comment | added | Caius Jard | Take a picture and add it to your question. Just in case noone ever pointed it out: you need to be pedalling forwards while you use the levers to change gear. Shifters typically have numbers on, and reading both numbers together (so your 21 speed bike might have between 1,1 and 3,7) as if they were a single number (from 11 to 37), the "bigger the number the harder it is to pedal and the faster you go". It's not a perfect rule, but it'll do. Note also that shifter numbers tend to go in the opposite direction; pushing the left shifter makes the number bigger, pushing right makes it smaller | |
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| Nov 24, 2021 at 8:24 | comment | added | Erlkoenig | If you continue to struggle with the gears, consider getting a bike with an internally geared hub. Those are much easier to use, require less maintenance, but are less efficient and can be more expensive. I'd also argue that a touring/trekking bike (potentially with an internally geared hub) might be more fun, unless you attempt to do actual mountain biking on your mountain bike, which after 50 years of not cycling might not be very advisable. Derailleur gears with 1x gearing (I.e. without front shifter) are a middle-ground considering ease of use, but usually not found on entry-level bikes. | |
| Nov 23, 2021 at 19:46 | answer | added | Tom Cumming | timeline score: 65 | |
| Nov 23, 2021 at 17:47 | comment | added | yesennes | One reason the chain could have fallen off is if it's on a high front gear and a low rear gear. This is known as cross chaining and is bad. While you're bike may have been advertised as 21 speed (3x7) or something similar, there's really far fewer viable combinations. You need to keep the gears similar so the chains not going sideways. You might use the 1st speed on the front with gears 1-3 on the back, 2nd with 3-5, and 3rd with 5-7. | |
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| S Nov 23, 2021 at 9:19 | history | asked | Kev | CC BY-SA 4.0 |