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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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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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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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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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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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