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Shimano front derailleur - tensioning, can't move shifter
I am trying to fix the front shifting on a bike (not my own, family member). The original reported problems were inability to shift into 3 (largest), combined with a tendency for the chain to come off ...
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Gear shifting : new to cycling maintenance
I'm new to cycling. I have a Soma Saga with SRAM X7 derailleur and Apex shifters. I have ridden about 200 miles on it.
When I'm cycling, sometimes my gears shift/jump to the next gear on their own. I ...
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Hot water to unjam trigger shifter
Can I use hot water to unjam my Shimano trigger shifters? Has anyone had any experience with this?
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Help me understand my 8-speed uniglide compatibility issue
I have a Dura Ace 8-speed uniglide rear hub/freewheel marked 'Integrated 8 SIS' and an 8 speed uniglide 14-21T cassette.
Two issues - the first being that the smallest cog needs to be a special 32mm ...
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Issue with the gears? [duplicate]
My cycle seems to have this problem, that whenever I change the gear it starts changing from the second sprocket.
Whenever I start from gear one it starts from the second biggest sprocket, though it ...
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Swapping out my front and rear derailleurs
I have been having trouble adjusting my gears correctly, so that they stop making noise and grinding in one spot or another.
Every time I set the high, the low goes and then fiddling with the cable ...
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Is it possible to upgrade a 6 speed mountain bike to 7 or 8 speed?
I ride a Hero Sprint, MTB, with 6 gears in rear and 3 in the front. I am thinking about upgrading my 6 gears to something like 7 or 8. Is it possible, if yes, how much does it cost, and what are the ...
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Planetary gears slip transmission
I have Shimano gears and recently it starts slipping transmission under a pressure. That is pretty annoying and painful sometimes especially when you go uphill or accelerating on the traffic light.
I ...
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Are my gears setup backwards?
I have a trike with Shimano shifters. There are 3 gears in the front and 8 gears in the back. Gears are changed by rotating wheels found on each handlebar. The gear shifters have a window telling me ...
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Is 1x11 better than any 2X10? [closed]
I am upgrading from a Shimano tourney bike and newbie so please be nice to me .. lol :)
I ride trails and easy bike paths and some roads. For cross country - Semi road/ Semi mountain type riding, ...
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Is Shimano 36/24 double crankset possible?
I'd want to exchange my triple crankset with double. After playing with gear calculator and testing some double setups, I came to the conclusion I need 36/24 gearing. I have 10 speed drive, so I'm ...
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Is Back-pedalling normal ? chain keeps jumping from higher to lower cog in rear cassette
I just bought a new bike Marin Pine mountain-1 which has 1 X 11 drivetrain. I want to know is Back peddling normal ? I called my mechanic and he said you should not do back peddling or this will ...
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Can I partially upgrade from Shimano Sora to Ultegra 6800?
I have a Shimano 9 speed groupset and I want to upgrade to something that's better on the climbs without shelling out and buying a whole new groupset which would be more money than my actual bike.
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105 Shimano 10 speed shifters - compatibility with 11 speed rear derailleur
I am building a bike and I am using 10 speed Shimano 105 shifters.
On the back I am using a 11 speed 105 rear derailluer (because is the only one I have at the moment).
The cassette I am using is a ...
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MTB wont shift into 7
My new MTB wont shift into 7th gear or the smallest cog as some call it.I made sure it was in the 3rd cog on the left side to avoid chain crossing.Also there is a weird noise coming from the chain at ...
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Which gear is this?
The tire on my bike below needs to be changed, but I am afraid of taking it off because of the internal seen below.
My concern is that if I take the wheel off then I either break something in the ...
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Shifter doesn't reach bigger gears
My gear shifters (c. 2000 Shimano XT) will not shift to the bigger cogs (higher cable tension). Pushing the shift lever doesn't move the indicator past about half way so I can't reach the big cog on ...
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MT 8000 rings with 105 5800 set up
has anyone tried using MT 8000 front rings with 105 5800 set up. I'm hoping I can just change the crank and rings and adjust the front derailleur. Any advice?
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trek road bike puncture and then gears stop working advice needed?
I wonder if any one can help me I have a trek road bike, I have had it several years and it has always worked really well gears changing well and never had a puncture.
A couple of weeks ago I went ...
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Can I put a lower geared cassette on my bike?
I bought a bike recently that has a 34 front 28 rear gear ratio. It is an Elfama E2500, which is a Korean brand I believe. It has a Shimano Claris (which is rated for up to 32 teeth) rear derailleur ...
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What is a good replacement for my MF-Z012 6 speed wind on cassette?
I'm trying to find a good replacement for my MF-Z012 6 speed wind on cassette. Thing is, I've upgraded my bike with '93 Dura-Ace rear and front derailleurs. Trouble is they are 7-speed compatible. ...
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Maxing out on gears [duplicate]
I have an older specialized bike from 2001 that I ride and race on with a gearing of Shimano 53/39 and 9-speed cassette 12/26. On my regular weekly rides I end up maxing out on my gears and can't get ...
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Shimano 105 5800 front derailleur installation
I am currently installing a front derailleur as part of a new bike build.
It attaches to the frame via a braze on mount. I can't get it to shift onto the big ring. It shifts onto the big ring only ...
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Indexing issues on new build, shimano 105 5800
I am in the process of building a road bike.
I currently setting up my rear derailleur. I can't seem to index the gears. I have set the high and low limit screws.
I can shift up the cassette (small ...
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Upgrading parts on Fuji Panic 3.0 [closed]
I want to upgrade some gear parts on my current bike, which is a Fuji Panic 3.0
I don't really know if it will be compatible though.
The bike: http://www.bikepedia.com/QuickBike/BikeSpecs.aspx?year=...
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Gear cables replacement - inline barrel adjusters
I'm in the process of ordering replacement gear cables for my road bike which has 105-5800 groupset. My existing cables have inline barrel adjusters and I was wondering:
Are the inline barrel ...
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rear shifter lever gets stuck when shifting gears
All the shifting was working smoothly until my bike fell off to the ground (edit1: to my right side hitting the right side of the bike) with me couple days back. Now after about a week when I took my ...
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Shifter clicks in but chain stays on the largest cog, when riding
I am able to change (click through) the shifter but the chain stays on the largest cog and does not move (This happens only when riding) but the gears shift as usual when the bike is stationary and I ...
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Adjusting Gear Actuation
I recently brought a second hand bike with Shimano Deore gears on it and when I switch up a gear on the chain-ring it requires a significant amount of actuation pressure on the 'flappy' paddle (...
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Is a Shimano Dura-Ace 7800 rear derailleur compatible with a Dura-Ace 7900 11-27 cassette?
Is the Shimano Dura-Ace 7900 10 speed cassette with a ratio of 11-27 cassette compatible with a dura-ace 7800 rear derailleur?
Some people say its fine but more important to me is what Shimano says ...
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Converting 80s bike to indexed shifters
I've just bought an early 80s steel framed bike with unindexed stem mounted shifters. As I plan to use the bike for commuting, I'd like to change the rear mech to use trigger shifters.
I'm not so ...
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Shimano Gears won't shift
Basically when pushing the button to shift gear I can only get one speed up and one speed down. I tried adjusting derailer and the tightness on cables but it makes no difference.
Figured I'd make a ...
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Is it possible to upgrade Schwinn Willy to use an internal gear hub?
I have a Schwinn Willy (single speed).
My commute is 6 miles each way on flat road with a bike section. There's only one 'hilly' section. A single speed bike is too slow. Everyone keeps passing me. I ...
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Special hub requirements for an 11-speed group
In a question earlier today (Changing cassette from 8 to 10 or 11 to meet the Shimano 105 5800 groupset) the Op asserts that they would need to change their hub, if they wanted to go from a 10- to 11- ...
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Shimano Nexus 3 stuck on lowest gear
I have a bike with Shimano Nexus 3 gear, and it's stuck on lowest gear. However, if I move shift pin that changes gears it changes the gears. So Nexus itself seems to be working, but the pin is not ...
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SLX chainring compatibility
I'm considering swapping the inner ring on my SLX double chainset (M665) from 22T to 28T. I noticed that the newer M675 has a 40/28 option, so I figured that the 28T chainring from this set-up would ...
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Shimano Sora 9-speed shifters "missing a speed"
First time posting, hope I can get some suggestions on this weird issue I've noticed with my shifting. I have a fairly decent understanding of how to maintain gears myself, and have made quite a few ...
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Can I drop-in a compact crank set with my current 105 groupset
I live near a lot of hills and am fairly new to biking. In my lowest gear I still can't keep up at an efficient pedal rate on the hills. I found out they sell "compact cranksets" which in addition ...
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problem in gear shifting
I'm using a 21 speed bicycle,the problem is I'm unable to shift the chain to the smallest derailleur(rear)...the shifters are thumb press type
there's no problem in pressing the shifter...when ...
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Specific 10 speed chain models that work well on 9 speed Shimano rear drivetrains
I maintain several 9-speed (rear cassette) road bikes (Giant OCR 1/2/3, Tiagra and 105 from 2000-ish era) and one 10-speed rear cassette 105 road bike, made in 2007. I'm trying to find out if I can ...
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Gears jumping/slipping from the rear cogset on a new bike
Its been 1 month since I have bought my new MTB (Kross globate 1.1) with 18 gears (shimano)..
Now the problem is chain has slipped twice while riding. First time my speed was around 25kph and second ...
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RevoShift Friction: shifting to the largest gear takes a lot of force?
My wife's bicycle has Shimano Revoshift shifters, and while the right (rear) one works fine, the left (front, Friction) has been problematic for a while. Originally, when we bought the bicycle, the ...
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Beside drive train, what is the difference between group components (e.g. 105 vs. Ultegra)?
In his previous post, jmusits asked the difference between the Shimano 105 and Ultegra drive train. Obviously, the derailleur is certainly one of the major components of a group. However levers, ...
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I need to change my bike from UK to US Spec
I bought a bike from the UK. The brakes and shifters are on the opposite sides. I want to change it so the front brake is on the left and the rear is on the right, Same thing for the shifters.
I ...
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Direct Mount with top and bottom swing?
I want to buy a new frame that supports Direct Mount. Now I read that Bottom Swing is preferable for hardtails. At the same time, it was also mentioned that Bottom Swing is mounted higher onto the ...
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How do I adjust my 7-speed Shimano SIS indexed shifter not to miss out one of the cogs?
I have a 7-speed indexed twist-grip gear-shifter, but it was set up incorrectly: it has eight positions, the fourth is where the numbers start showing, and while it hits the top and bottom gears, it ...
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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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Mixing 9-speed Tiagra and 9-speed Deore XT
I currently have a road bike with the following setup for the gears:
9-speed Tiagra front and rear derailleurs, Sora shifters, all from 2009:
30/39/52 Crankset
11-25 Cassette.
I need some more low ...
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What does double and triple gear shifters mean?
I am looking at these components and am wondering what does double and triple gear shifting mean?
Shimano R221 Double Gear Shifters 8 Speed
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=...
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How do the adjustment barrels on a gear cable work?
I have a Shimano Sora derailleur on the bike I just bought with a triple chainring in the front. Right up by the shifters there is a sort of barrel adjuster on the cable. It doesn't seem to do ...
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