The Amusement Bike Park
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TimBay
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Sorry, I meant upshift to harder gear.
Tim
aka sptimmy43
Cable is too tight.
all of the gears?
could be a lube problem - inside the jackets, at the pivot points, etc.
check the jockey wheels, they crack and get sloppy too.
if you can support the bike - put in smallest cog, put cable by hand while cranking -
see if the derailleur is slow to move.
did you replace the chain recently? how many miles on the chain?
does it grind then shift ? chain wants to jump down, but doesn't, then suddenly it does?
TimBay
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I feel like it grinds and struggles a bit when going down the gears to bigger cogs. Then is slow and club is up to the smaller cogs. Sorry the up and down vs large and small is still confusing to me.
how many miles on the chain?
do the teeth on the cogs all look like shark fins?
trying to decide between wear, adjustment, lube, sumthin busted.
Paul H
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Could be a number of problems
How long have you had the bike? Did you mess around with the tension? Hard for cable to tighten up by itself
Couple of things,
1. Time for a new cable. Maybe its just dirty and something is kinked up in there
2. Housing is too short or too long
3. Fire and new bike.
I would much prefer fire and new bike
How long have you had the bike? Did you mess around with the tension? Hard for cable to tighten up by itself
Couple of things,
1. Time for a new cable. Maybe its just dirty and something is kinked up in there
2. Housing is too short or too long
3. Fire and new bike.
I would much prefer fire and new bike
Paul H
Fearless OOS Poser
Come on man... you know better than this!
New bike and /thread
This is the answer.
Paul H
Fearless OOS Poser
Why are you not supporting the fire and new bike campaign?
I thought you started this movement.
Not sure I started that one, though I think my membership card ID number is in the single digits.
TimBay
Well-Known Member
Haha. Yeah I messed with the tension a bit. I've only had the bike since october and probably put 60 miles or so on it. I messed with tension a while back when it first started being weird but went way too far. Then backed it off but prolly need to back it off more. Could Also probably use a cleaning. I try to give the chain a good clean every 2 rides, but it's been 3 at this point. I guess I should do it this morning so the lube can set for the afternoon ride.
When you got the bike, was this an issue? If not, did you change the chain length? If they answer to both questions is no, then it's likely not the chain.
Failing cables, fire.
Paul H
Fearless OOS Poser
Ok.... that explains it. Now your bike is FUBARed.
Loosen the tension and shift to the smallest cog. Shift down 1 and turn the crank. Slowly tighten the tension until the chain moves to the next cog and there is no noise. Move the chain to the rest of the gears and adjust as needed.
Paul H
Fearless OOS Poser
Right... unscrew both all the way out and kick the RD couple of times
Then, take it @Fire Marshal Max place and fire along with his lawn.
Oh man it's like we were in sync at that exact minute. Well done!