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What are the long-term effect of riding with a chain that's too short?
I bought my bike late November 2017, and have been riding it with the same chain ever since. I've only done very light riding with the longest rides I've ever done amounting to 60km. Last week, I took ...
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Bottom jockey wheel on rear derailleur keeps skipping chain
Basically the angle between the bottom and top wheels is too great causing the chain to skip to the outside of the bottom wheel under force. If I use the higher adjustment screw on the shimano ...
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Shimano 105 R7000 drivetrain makes crackling sound
I got an Shimano R7000 groupset and have the following problem:
After degreasing my chainrings (54 – 36) and the cassette (28 – 11), the drivetrain makes normal noise. However after around 30km, the ...
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Cannot shift to lowest gear - chain too short?
I’m in the process of switching from an 11-25 to 11-32 rear cassette. The upgrade has involved replacing the cassette, rear derailleur (short to medium cage) and fitting a new chain.
I can cleanly ...
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Squeaky coasting and back pedal
I recently bought a bike overseas rather than at LBS (no LBS had the type of bike I wanted). Now the bike makes a strange noise and I can't bring it in for servicing (buy from LBS when you can!). ...
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9 speed derailleur on 7 speed cassette?
I currently have a 7 speed cassette, 7 speed derailleur and 7 speed shifter from Shimano. Unfortunately, my rear derailleur (Shimano Tourney) broke, so I want to replace it with something better. The ...
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Shimano FD-M191 replaced with Shimano FD-M590
just replaced Shimano front derailleur (FD-M191) to FD-M590. And problem appears, on smallest cog chain rubs lightly on left side, and on biggest cog on right side.
Just can't lower derailleur more ...
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Moving from Shimano 9- to Shimano 10- speed
I'm thinking of changing the 9-speed Tiagra rear mech on one of my (road) bikes to something, still Shimano, but 10-speed.
The obvious replacements I'll need are cassette, right-shifter and chain. But ...
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