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Gears in the drivetrain of a bike.
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Is there a way to add the gear indicator to my bicycle?
There are 12-speed MTB shifter units from Shimano with gear indicators which should be compatible (in terms of cable pull) with the rest of your existing drivetrain. So, acquiring such shifter and rep …
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Correct way to shift?
Is it not literally suggesting cross-chaining?
Cross-chaining is putting a chain at extreme angle between front and rear cogs. The picture above illustrates correct ways to use the front triple. Inc …
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Is it possible to add another chainring to Cannondale Trail SL 3?
There seems to be a place to mount a front derailleur on the seat tube of the bicycle. It also seems to have unused ports in the down tube for routing of another cable.
Picture source: https://www.ca …
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Which rear cog should I remove if I want to add a 26 for climbing?
You can remove two cogs 17, 19 and replace them with one new 18, and then add 26 to the end of the cassette. That would allow you to keep more evenly distributed gear steps in the middle. That is how …
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How bad is switching derailleur gears under load?
Switching gears in the traditional bicycle drivetrain assumes there is a momentarily side load on the chain, twisting it and forcing it to jump/fall from one cog to another. … Your description of events "to pick up speed, stop pedaling, then switch gears, then continuing pedaling" applies to internal gear hubs, but not to the cassettes/derailleur designs. …