Rear Derailleur Adjustment and gear change issue
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 2:51 pm
Hi All,
two months ago I bought a new bike (Avanti Giro 3.0). When I got the bike the gear change on the rear was really nice a smooth in both directions, after about 5-6 weeks the derailleur wasnt quiet changing as well as it did when brand new, but that was because it was a new bike with brand new cables and the cables stretching. Im not the best when it comes to actually doing the maintenance myself and the first 12 months of servicing is free. So I though why not it's free!
Problem now is after I got the bike back the gear changes were not as smooth and would sometimes not change to a smaller cog easily, plus sometimes the chain felt like it would just slam in to the next gear instead of the smooth transition like it did before the service. Any ideas?
I have played with the cable adjustment (after watching some videos on youtube and reading a few different sites) it seems to change better but im still concerned that I might not have fixed it properly.
Marty.
two months ago I bought a new bike (Avanti Giro 3.0). When I got the bike the gear change on the rear was really nice a smooth in both directions, after about 5-6 weeks the derailleur wasnt quiet changing as well as it did when brand new, but that was because it was a new bike with brand new cables and the cables stretching. Im not the best when it comes to actually doing the maintenance myself and the first 12 months of servicing is free. So I though why not it's free!
Problem now is after I got the bike back the gear changes were not as smooth and would sometimes not change to a smaller cog easily, plus sometimes the chain felt like it would just slam in to the next gear instead of the smooth transition like it did before the service. Any ideas?
I have played with the cable adjustment (after watching some videos on youtube and reading a few different sites) it seems to change better but im still concerned that I might not have fixed it properly.
Marty.