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Shift lever can’t move cage to large chain ring. Shimano Ultegra 11 speed hydraulic
The large lever can’t be moved more than a short distance to where it would normally start moving the cage but won’t move any farther. It doesn’t move the cage at all. Something in the shifter is ...
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Is the process of shifting the front chainring on a road bike with 2 chainrings always a two-step (two click) process on the shifter?
I have a Shimano Claris groupset.
I was speaking to my bike mechanic and he was saying to shift the front derailer it is a 2 step process to change the front derailer.
As per the manual it says with ...
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Could I add chain rings, front derailleur, and shifter for the front derailleur from other bike?
I have a bike that has only one chainring and no front derailleur (obviously).
Could I take the chainring set, front derailleur and shifter from another bike and put it on my bike?
My bike never ...
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Using 3 gear shifter on 2-ring chaninset
I recently picked up a children's bike from a council waste site. I'm going to refit it and I had a question about the compatibility of the gear shifter and chainset.
The shifter is a grip-shifter ...
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Shimano Sora 3500 (3x9) and Alivio front derailleur
Please help rebuild my bike :)
I have Scott Sub 30 2011 http://www.evanscycles.com/products/scott/sub-30-2011-hybrid-bike-ec025449 and right now I would like to change shifters to Shimano Sora 3500 (...
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Front shifter has three positions, but front chainring is only double. Is this a problem?
My Merida Cyclocross 3 bike has a double chainring at the front. After a few weeks of being a little annoyed about the awkward shifting when going up steep hills, I realized that the front shifter and ...
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why do left shifters switch chainrings and right shifters cogs?
Can that be changed? Is it just convention? Is there any commercial bike that comes with a left-shifter that switches cogs?
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Front derailleur rubbing against chainring
I'm trying to fix up my old (1999) Trek 4500, and I've run into a snag while adjusting the front derailleur. It's a Shimano FD-CT92 (bottom bracket mounted E-type), and it's rubbing against the ...
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How to fix front gear taking 2 shifts just to move onto next cog
I was out on a ride yesterday and several times when I was changing up and down between big chain ring and little chain ring (I only have the 2 rings up front) it required 2 gear changes. The gears ...
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