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Bike cable tension not consistent when shifting up as compared to down
I'm trying to fix an issue on a (somewhat cheap) newer bike and it's giving me a bit of a run around.
The issue is that when shifting up and down, the alignment is off.
Normally, I could easily fix ...
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Re-insert Gear Cable Plug / Fitting
My front derailleur wouldn't let me shift to the small chain ring, and after some investigation I located the issue to this plastic plug/fitting/thingy that seems to have popped out of the little hole ...
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Bike mechanic told me: Gear cable too "springy"
I bought a new groupset and I tried installing it all myself.
Somewhere I must have messed up, because I could not get it to shift precisely. I took the bike to my local bike mechanic. He told me he ...
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Front derailleur cable touching frame?
Installing gears on my bike on my own for the first time.
I pulled the front derailleur gear cable through an intended hole in the frame like so:
So everything should be fine. However, looking under ...
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front gear shifter cable sleeve, shifter to frame needs replacing, the old wire rusted inside
bought this bike 2nd hand from charity shop,
front gear shifter was sticky and wouldn't shift to 3 [3+8 setup] as was already at 3. [streached?]
''bloke who brought it in said it just needs oiling'',
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Gear shifting is good enough after 6 years. Does that mean I don't need to replace my cables?
My road bike gear cables have never been replaced, they are 6 years old now. The shifting at the back needs at tune up now and then, more and more frequently as time goes. But once it's done the ...
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Why do I constantly have to re-index gears?
I've got a road bike with a high end 11 speed groupset that is about 3 years / 30,000 km old. Chain and cassette have both been replaced recently (i.e. 500 km ago).
What I'm experiencing is a constant ...
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Halfway through changing rear gear out cable
I stupidly started changing the outer casing on my rear gear without having cable cutter ready. Suffice to say I've messed up the cut and now I can't get the gear cable though the outer casing. My ...
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Front derailleur cable suddenly very slack (no shifting), not sure what's caused it
I last rode the bike on Sunday. Throughout the ride I noticed the front shifter (grip friction shift, Shimano) was feeling "looser" than normal (hard to describe, it didn't feel "right" and seemed to ...
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What should I do when my rear derailleur cable guide is too narrow?
I am installing a modern groupset on an old frame. The frame has a rear derailleur cable guide like this:
The problem is that the gear cable housing ferrules are too large for the braze-on, causing ...
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I cannot find a barrel adjuster on my bike
I tried to adjust the cable tension but there it litterally no way to adjust it on the front derailleur on a 22.5" GMC Denali 700cc Men's Bike
Generic photo from walmart.com
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Gear change sticking only on specific changes - cable issue? [duplicate]
I'm riding a hybrid with 48/36/26 chain ring and 9 speed 11-32 cassette.
When I change up OR down at a specific point the shift is slow and doesn't always engage. On the 48 this is between the 21 ...
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Gear mis-adjustment. Loss of gears
How do I adjust the rear gears of a bike that will not change to higher gears?
It is stuck in lower two or three gears.
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When is it time to replace the gear-cable housing?
Please keep in mind that this question is specific to mountain bikes which roll through lots of dirt and mud. I heard stories of bikes that had their cable housing last for years, but I doubt that ...
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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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How do you make an end-capped gear cable?
I want to make my own gear cable of non-standard length. I have a cable with one end capped like the larger end-cap shown in the first picture; the other end is currently bare — I have trimmed the ...
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What are the pros and cons of different types of shifter cables?
What are the pros and cons of regular and slick gear/shifter cables? I just want easy gear changing. I have shimano gears if that helps. I know the difference between them, but I want to know some ...
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What tricks do you use to avoid damaging cables when adjusting the gears?
I was trying to adjust gears, and being my first time, I ended up damaging the cable. I mean that I "smashed" it, the threads became apart, and it was dangerous to deal with it. I replaced the cable, ...
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Why does my bike stick in low gears?
When I change into a low gear (i.e. onto a bigger cog) on my back cog all is fine. However, when I later change up again the chain sticks on the larger cog. I commute about 10 miles a day and this has ...
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