Amazing how you come round to someone. Doddy at first made me think I might have to skip GMBN but now he has quickly found his niche and has all the authority and tech know how you could want.
It's all just a matter of settling in sorta like when you start a course etc youtube videos are not easy to make also and finding your character is pretty hard until you settle in slowly getting used to your surroundings and even the people you work with
I recently bought a new Cannondale CX1 with an SRAM Eagle 12 speed derailleur. After a 100 miles the chain stretched and shifting became sluggish, especially in the lower gears. Your tip on the B screw adjustment saved the day. I made the adjustment per your video, and now my shifts are crisp, snappy, and definitive. Thanks!
Thank you for this, I just got my first ever bike yesterday and the derailleur wasn't working as intended, you helped me go from knowing a bike consists of two wheels and pedals to being able to fix the problem without panicking :)
Bruh..... This tutorial was FN spot on 👏I went to my local shop for a quick tune but due to covid, the owner was backed up for 5 days and shredding couldn’t wait. Huge props for the training. Not only did I save time but money 💰 Send me some stickers for the garage 💪
I know it's not great for chain retention or gear range but you can get away with a LOT less maintenance on 8/9speed derailleurs. I've seen peoples run the stock XT 8 speed derailleurs that came on their bikes for more than 15 years. Because of the larger distance between gears on the cassette, you have that much room for error/misalignment before it starts to negatively effect shifting.
I feel like you should have addressed shifting problems that only manifest themselves under high torque/high load. Like when really hammering it uphill. This is hard to notice when just hand cranking it in your garage.
Finally got my limit screws sauced up by myself!! Thanks guys!! I've been riding for years and even racing, but I hate tedious things and never had the patience before. I would always make it so much worse and take it to friends or a shop, BUT I just got her shifting like butter!
Great video thanks. I did all this and still had lazy shifting. I'm a bikepacker and needed to lengthen the gear sheath between the shifter and down bar to fit the tent under the handlebar. In doing so it reduced the friction further and solved the problem. You hinted at this in checking for friction generally.
The video is technical but very helpful. My derailleur may need to be replaced, but I can perform the techniques that were demonstrated in the video. I ride a 4" fat tire bike for 40 minutes every morning, and the derailleur may be un-adjustable.
Legend, best video on UA-cam for setting gears. Searched through Google before I got fed up and realised should of just checked you guys out. Simple, easy to understand and follow. Thank you very much.
After a lot of research on YT to fix my bike's rear derailleur shifting issue I finally found the issue and solution! Couldn't find a YT video on this matter! I explain it below: 1) The most common type of housing has an inner thin wires tube and an outer plastic covering tube. Apparently after a while because of pressure the outer plastic tube jams and the inner tube wires are exposed that can get crushed by pressure on ferrels! This causes a serious metal-metal fraction between the cable and thin wires of housing, worse than any dirt or rust can do! 2) Loosen the shifter cable and release the cable at the derailleur (watch YT guides) and through all housings to free all housing parts. 3) You have to cleanly cut the exposed thin wires of housing to align it with plastic cover tube. Be careful not to block inner empty hole (where the cable passes) by crushing the wires. You need a sharp wire cutter (or a specialized tool from bike shop!) Then clean up both ends of housing and lube a bit. 4) Insert the cable in all housing parts and through the derailleur cable clamp. Since you lost some housing length, to have the same tension on the cable at a particular gear you need to pull the cable out of derailleur cable clamp a bit compared to what it was before. This needs to be fine tuned to have perfect correspondence between shifter and derailleur for all gear range (watch YT guides). Hope it helps someone.
I struggled trying to find a video that explained this quickly and properly. THANK YOU!!!!! This was the best tutorial ever!!!!! Thank you for the visual demonstration of how the adjusting screws and derailer operate. Because of this I was able to do the proper adjustments one the first attempt v.s. last night, when I struggled for an hour and a half playing with the damn thing and actually making it worse!!!😂
just moved from small hybrid to a large MTB in last few days i'm still at the standing back and admiring it phase...(i don't have a life beyond family friends work and bikes) he's a pretty one :)
I like that with subtitles on, the opening graphic has [WOOSH] when the GMBN logo appears. If my mechanical skills could be subtitled it'd be "prrrrrrrrrrp"
Nice to see a bike being worked on that looks like it has been used. I see so many videos where these guys are working on brand new bikes that haven't touched the ground. They won't encounter some of the issues you'd see on a well ridden bike.
Fantastic video! Thank you for sharing a wealth of knowledge, succinctly. You have a gift, being able to bridge the gap of technical details & subject-specific jargon so laymen grasp new concepts. Thx
Please do a video on fixing the issue of the chain shifting into gears when backpedaling. Am using a Shimano Deore RD-M615 rear derailleur with clutch. Thank You.
Same issue here. It happens on the 2 lowest gears (big rings). Tried google, but all it did was waste my time on worthless mtb forums with irrelevant coments.
Perfect timing. I crashed last night and bend the hanger, i manged to bend it back on first try with the spanner and the derailleur is shifting fine again
Sorry for taking so long to respond but it's like a plane trying to take off backwards, it just doesn't function properly since the clutch is doing the opposite of whst you wsnt
Howard F I replaced my 10 speed chain with a 11 speed one. & discovered much better shifting. I adjuster the the short cage 10 speed derailleur to clear my new cassette with a 36 tooth granny gear. Now a 86 years I can climb hills easier.
Great video very clear! I have recently bought a Marin Nail Trail. It has SRAM 1x the bike is great but the gears dick around. The cable pops off the shifter when in first gear you have to take off the shifter cover on the handle bars and pop it back on. I fixed this problem with cable tension but now can't get the bottom two gears the highest gears. I am not sure if I have Fxxx it up or there's a problem with the gear system I can not fix without replacement parts.
I can guarantee this will do nothing. Most of the time cables "stretch" it's actually the housing wearing out. The steel cable is well within it's elastic limit regardless of the gear you keep your bike in.
I appreciate this channels videos and all but honestly they somehow manage to make even the easiest repairs sound like rocket science. It's just so hard to keep up with when there are channels that explain the same thing within a minute.
I just installed a new groupset today and up-shifting is fine but down-shifting is really slow. What could be causing that? Everything is brand new including the chain, cassette, derailluer, shift cable and housing and shifter.
I have just started mountain biking and I don't have a lot of gear. Is there any chance you could make a video of which accessories to get and in which order e.g. 1. Bike 2. Helmet................
Your bike should come with saddle and grips, those will be fine for the beginning. You may want other pedals, if your bike comes with plastic pedals. Something that fits your feet, clips or flats as you wish - probably flats for beginners.
Derailleur witchcraft debunked in one video. Three problems in one video for me having rebuilt whole backend (the bikes) So much more helpful than the bike shops I seek help from to enable me to buy the right parts. Bravo Senor!
What might cause a bike to have trouble shifting into one or two gears - (in the middle of the set - not the highest or lowest gear- 3rd gear of 7 total for example) only but shift into and out of other gears fine?
Excellent bud, never adjusted gears before, currently grinding going up to the point i need to jump two or three up and then roll back down to find the gear i want. That's that one sorted. Never stop learning, even at my age ; } If one was building a touring bike, what size freewheel or cassette would one want?
Thanks Doddy, a very good guide to a process that is often misunderstood. I do wonder why hub shifting hasn't taken off more for mountain biking though. I recently saw a road bike with an 11 speed hub shift which is only 1 less than a SRAM Eagle system and you have no derailleur to worry about. I admit to not being well informed about these things though, perhaps there isn't a good spread of gears? Or they weigh a ton? Seems an ideal system for the mud and grime of mountain biking. I assume there's a major drawback that's stopping it being used.
Thanks for the reply, makes sense that unsprung weight has to be kept down as much as possible. OK, time to go out again, I got a Radon Slide on Monday and have to be pried off the seat : )
No matter how much I loosen the barrel adjuster or tighten it, or mess with the hi and low limit screws, I can't get the derailleur to shift to top gear on the front sprocket. Would loosening the bolt that keeps the cable attached to the derailleur and tightening the cable make any difference?
Hey it is awesome vedio. There is a issue with my cycle. Ie without connecting the cable to drailleurs in rear, it shows 7 movements . But when connected to the drailler some are skipping . Ie directly from 2-4 etc. What may be the issue?
How to stop a rattle from internal cable routing? It's really annoying. My Canyon spectral has a reverb stealth cable which I think is the reason. I ve seen tips on putting cable tiers around the cable but I guess I have to disassemble the control to get the cable far out enough to put the tiers on and then I have to bleed the post?
Hi I'm wondering if you can share or make video for how to fix the chain jumping while pedaling uphill eventhough it shifts smoothly under normal conditions on Sram new 2 months old bike. Thanks
I just put a hex key into the slot where the derailleur is attached to the hanger and bend it from there. Works fine and doesn't require taking off the derailleur
I'm having problem with jumping two gears... I try many tensions and the problem only "float" to other gears... with normal tension like you explain, I have only 7,6,4,2,1 gears. Can the gripshift on the handle bar be incompatible with the derailleurs? It's like the shift are pulling to much cable or are in another ratio. Is an Sram 3.0 Comp working with an Shimano Turney.
The part that I use for shifting gears( the part on the handle bars) doesnt lock in place on a specific gear, other than gear 2, everywhere else it just keeps sliding from either 1 to 2, then from 3 to 8, it wont actually stay at any specific gear
If you’re going to put a wrench to the derailleur hanger I suggest you first remove it and put it in a vise. I was adjusting mine and tore the threads n the hanger. Had to order a new hanger
I have similar noises but I don't understand why. I only removed the rear wheel so I can put some grease on the quick release. and now the derailleur sounds like the example when the chain is too tight.
A sixth shifting problem into the third and largest gear at the crankshaft: a front derailer problem. (Excusez que j'ecrivais l'anglais pour "derailleur", mais je n'aime pas emprunter les mots d'autre langues et en melanger parmi mon anglais.) The cable pulling down on my front derailer pulled it directly downward when on gear two, the middle gear of the set. In order for the cage to move away from the frame, the cable had to pull outward as well as downward. When I received the Decathlon-made bike from Walmart, the cable routing did not do that. It pulled the cable straight down in second gear and could not rotate the parallelogram linkage to move the cage outward. I was able to remove the cable from the plastic guide beneath the bottom bracket and reroute it around the outer projection of the bracket so that its tension now has an outward component. Now, it shifts into third gear.
Good and clear instructions. Adjustment of 'B tension' is affected by the rear suspension position. Just saw another video which lines it up at your normal sag position. SRAM eagle comes with a tool which you use to line the top cog against the jockey wheel to get the position correct
Hello the set up that i have on my mtb 29 is a 1x11 , 34t chainring whit a sunrace 50t cassette and a shimano XT long cage rear derailleur. And boy is hec of nightmare to set the gears right.
Have to disagree with Doddy. If you look at Shimano's design docs and white papers, it's the lower jockey wheel that does the shifting and aligning. This is evidenced by the fact that the lower has no side to side play but the upper slides side to side by a good amount. I also believe it is better to disconnect the shift cable from the derailleur before setting the upper and lower limits.
Hanger alignment tools aren't necessarily expensive. Of course you can buy a ParkTool for a hundred bucks, but there ones for around 30 euros that work just fine. And also, if you still have a wheel with 9mm quick release axles, they fit into the hole of the hanger, and you can then use the wheel to align the hanger until both wheels are parallel to another.
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im new at biking, so guess i'll be bringing my mountain bike to bike shop.
I have the new Calibre Bossnut 2020, and it's hard to get into the lowest gear (biggest cassette ring). Is this the b limit screw I need to play with? The limit screws look OK
If the cables a lil frayed this causes the shifting to stop working? Mine is and stopped working but it’s in tact and still tugs on the derailer so why would it not shift I’m wondering.
This video has provided me with enough confidence to go home this evening and fu*k up my rear derailleur. I'm pretty pumped! Thanks guys!!
Holy Moly good luck with your mission
😅😅😂😂same. about to cut the vid off
@@dearhorse085 lmao nice logic, i like it.
Same
I'm currently railing my derailer. Can confirm. It's a jolly good time.
Amazing how you come round to someone. Doddy at first made me think I might have to skip GMBN but now he has quickly found his niche and has all the authority and tech know how you could want.
It's all just a matter of settling in sorta like when you start a course etc youtube videos are not easy to make also and finding your character is pretty hard until you settle in slowly getting used to your surroundings and even the people you work with
3:34 I have always wanted to see this and it's satisfying to see it now.
I recently bought a new Cannondale CX1 with an SRAM Eagle 12 speed derailleur. After a 100 miles the chain stretched and shifting became sluggish, especially in the lower gears. Your tip on the B screw adjustment saved the day. I made the adjustment per your video, and now my shifts are crisp, snappy, and definitive. Thanks!
as if you knew i have this problem right now. and even the derailleur is the exact same i have. thanks GMBN :D
Seen many videos of this gear set up type. Doddy is by far the best at explaining it. Detail and the manner you teach is unsurpassed.
Doddy has a way of explaining , so everybody can understand ,he knows everything about Mtbs way to go mate 👊😃
I keep getting the gears changing up one gear, especially went going up hill
Thanks for the video
Thank you for this, I just got my first ever bike yesterday and the derailleur wasn't working as intended, you helped me go from knowing a bike consists of two wheels and pedals to being able to fix the problem without panicking :)
Bruh.....
This tutorial was FN spot on 👏I went to my local shop for a quick tune but due to covid, the owner was backed up for 5 days and shredding couldn’t wait. Huge props for the training. Not only did I save time but money 💰 Send me some stickers for the garage 💪
I know it's not great for chain retention or gear range but you can get away with a LOT less maintenance on 8/9speed derailleurs. I've seen peoples run the stock XT 8 speed derailleurs that came on their bikes for more than 15 years. Because of the larger distance between gears on the cassette, you have that much room for error/misalignment before it starts to negatively effect shifting.
you guys have taught me more than i ever learnt in school!
Is the school supposed to be teaching about bikes
@@jaemesuaxie6272 no but I wish aye cuz
This was helpful and i fixed poor shifting, thanks!
Very good video ! Well structured. Great review of the "sequence" of adjustments.
They must be done in order.
Well done and helpful !
I feel like you should have addressed shifting problems that only manifest themselves under high torque/high load. Like when really hammering it uphill. This is hard to notice when just hand cranking it in your garage.
This is so true. I've always wondered about the validity of bench adjustment.
Finally got my limit screws sauced up by myself!! Thanks guys!! I've been riding for years and even racing, but I hate tedious things and never had the patience before. I would always make it so much worse and take it to friends or a shop, BUT I just got her shifting like butter!
Great video thanks. I did all this and still had lazy shifting. I'm a bikepacker and needed to lengthen the gear sheath between the shifter and down bar to fit the tent under the handlebar. In doing so it reduced the friction further and solved the problem. You hinted at this in checking for friction generally.
The video is technical but very helpful. My derailleur may need to be replaced, but I can perform the techniques that were demonstrated in the video. I ride a 4" fat tire bike for 40 minutes every morning, and the derailleur may be un-adjustable.
My new favorite channel on UA-cam
Legend, best video on UA-cam for setting gears. Searched through Google before I got fed up and realised should of just checked you guys out.
Simple, easy to understand and follow. Thank you very much.
I had shops try to adjust my derailleur ans shifting and it still sucks. I probably need to go over all these steps again. Thank a lot for this!
After a lot of research on YT to fix my bike's rear derailleur shifting issue I finally found the issue and solution! Couldn't find a YT video on this matter! I explain it below:
1) The most common type of housing has an inner thin wires tube and an outer plastic covering tube. Apparently after a while because of pressure the outer plastic tube jams and the inner tube wires are exposed that can get crushed by pressure on ferrels! This causes a serious metal-metal fraction between the cable and thin wires of housing, worse than any dirt or rust can do!
2) Loosen the shifter cable and release the cable at the derailleur (watch YT guides) and through all housings to free all housing parts.
3) You have to cleanly cut the exposed thin wires of housing to align it with plastic cover tube. Be careful not to block inner empty hole (where the cable passes) by crushing the wires. You need a sharp wire cutter (or a specialized tool from bike shop!) Then clean up both ends of housing and lube a bit.
4) Insert the cable in all housing parts and through the derailleur cable clamp. Since you lost some housing length, to have the same tension on the cable at a particular gear you need to pull the cable out of derailleur cable clamp a bit compared to what it was before. This needs to be fine tuned to have perfect correspondence between shifter and derailleur for all gear range (watch YT guides).
Hope it helps someone.
I struggled trying to find a video that explained this quickly and properly. THANK YOU!!!!! This was the best tutorial ever!!!!! Thank you for the visual demonstration of how the adjusting screws and derailer operate. Because of this I was able to do the proper adjustments one the first attempt v.s. last night, when I struggled for an hour and a half playing with the damn thing and actually making it worse!!!😂
just moved from small hybrid to a large MTB in last few days
i'm still at the standing back and admiring it phase...(i don't have a life beyond family friends work and bikes)
he's a pretty one :)
@Chelle Bright nothing very posh, unbranded, a womens spec hard tail, from Halford in UK
Well forget it I'm just taking my bike to the bike shop let them deal with it.
Exactly what I was thinking. Im not tryna ruin my bike even more.
Would’ve helped if he showed how to do it instead of just pointing at parts.
If a bike shop is professional it's ok
@@CyclingSport-ev7xx yeah, don’t take it to your local dicks sporting goods😑
lazy dummies
Most informative video I’ve found on the subject yet. Thank you very much
I like that with subtitles on, the opening graphic has [WOOSH] when the GMBN logo appears. If my mechanical skills could be subtitled it'd be "prrrrrrrrrrp"
Many, many thanks, mate. I am in awe of you expertise.
GMBN is my city.
Do you have a video on front derailure troubleshooting?
Thanks for the tips! I had my cable outside the guide and had been stuck for a while on it. One adjustment after watching your video and fixed!
Nice to see a bike being worked on that looks like it has been used. I see so many videos where these guys are working on brand new bikes that haven't touched the ground. They won't encounter some of the issues you'd see on a well ridden bike.
This bike seems brand new too
What u say is true
I've had trouble with the park tools before for example the Allen wrench set just fell apart completely
Fantastic video! Thank you for sharing a wealth of knowledge, succinctly. You have a gift, being able to bridge the gap of technical details & subject-specific jargon so laymen grasp new concepts. Thx
Please do a video on fixing the issue of the chain shifting into gears when backpedaling. Am using a Shimano Deore RD-M615 rear derailleur with clutch. Thank You.
Ernest Noeline chain line
i also find it happens more when my chain isnt sufficiently lubed
Same issue here. It happens on the 2 lowest gears (big rings). Tried google, but all it did was waste my time on worthless mtb forums with irrelevant coments.
This really helped me
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Great video, very clear and informative. And... cool wristwatch, and hair!
I just removed the chain and did reasembeld and now its perfectly working 😅
Perfect timing. I crashed last night and bend the hanger, i manged to bend it back on first try with the spanner and the derailleur is shifting fine again
fixed my sons gears after watching this. a first for me. cheers.
What is the cause of your chain moving up a couple of gears (smaller sprockets) if you pedal backwards?
Sorry for taking so long to respond but it's like a plane trying to take off backwards, it just doesn't function properly since the clutch is doing the opposite of whst you wsnt
Howard F
I replaced my 10 speed chain with a 11 speed one. & discovered much better shifting. I adjuster the the short cage 10 speed derailleur to clear my new cassette with a 36 tooth granny gear. Now a 86 years I can climb hills easier.
Great video very clear! I have recently bought a Marin Nail Trail. It has SRAM 1x the bike is great but the gears dick around. The cable pops off the shifter when in first gear you have to take off the shifter cover on the handle bars and pop it back on. I fixed this problem with cable tension but now can't get the bottom two gears the highest gears. I am not sure if I have Fxxx it up or there's a problem with the gear system I can not fix without replacement parts.
To avoid the cable to get longer, when you don't use your bike, place the chain in the smallest gear in order to remove all the tension of the cable
C Sidriss thanks
I can guarantee this will do nothing. Most of the time cables "stretch" it's actually the housing wearing out. The steel cable is well within it's elastic limit regardless of the gear you keep your bike in.
One thing to note that took me a while. Screwing the adjuster in makes the cable loose, while unscrewing it makes the cable tighter.
great stuff, managed to solve my problem and complete beginner! thanks
I appreciate this channels videos and all but honestly they somehow manage to make even the easiest repairs sound like rocket science. It's just so hard to keep up with when there are channels that explain the same thing within a minute.
Awesome. Good imparting of knowledge; efficient and to the point.
Love your videos Doddy. The knowledge you have and the way you make it simple explained just does it for me. Thanks
I just installed a new groupset today and up-shifting is fine but down-shifting is really slow. What could be causing that? Everything is brand new including the chain, cassette, derailluer, shift cable and housing and shifter.
I have just started mountain biking and I don't have a lot of gear. Is there any chance you could make a video of which accessories to get and in which order e.g. 1. Bike 2. Helmet................
Patolo thanks but I also meant like pedals, saddle, grips stuff like that thanks tho
Your bike should come with saddle and grips, those will be fine for the beginning. You may want other pedals, if your bike comes with plastic pedals. Something that fits your feet, clips or flats as you wish - probably flats for beginners.
Koko lores thank you
Yeah koko lores is absolutely right
It helps me a little bit because my shifitng up is better now but shifting down is the problem
His wheel looks bent
Nemanja Maksimovic it is because of the camera
Nice watch mate
Can you do a video on how to tune/adjust your gears
Thank you. Excellent video.
Excellent video bro
Derailleur witchcraft debunked in one video. Three problems in one video for me having rebuilt whole backend (the bikes) So much more helpful than the bike shops I seek help from to enable me to buy the right parts. Bravo Senor!
I was abt to go on o 14 mile ride and saw that my gears weren't shifting this helped a lot thanks
Same here thanks gmbn
thanks for a great explanation.
What might cause a bike to have trouble shifting into one or two gears - (in the middle of the set - not the highest or lowest gear- 3rd gear of 7 total for example) only but shift into and out of other gears fine?
Chain stretch, or lack of lubrication on chain, or incorrect chain length, or friction in gear cable causing lazy shifting?
Excellent bud, never adjusted gears before, currently grinding going up to the point i need to jump two or three up and then roll back down to find the gear i want. That's that one sorted. Never stop learning, even at my age ; } If one was building a touring bike, what size freewheel or cassette would one want?
Thanks Doddy, a very good guide to a process that is often misunderstood.
I do wonder why hub shifting hasn't taken off more for mountain biking though. I recently saw a road bike with an 11 speed hub shift which is only 1 less than a SRAM Eagle system and you have no derailleur to worry about. I admit to not being well informed about these things though, perhaps there isn't a good spread of gears? Or they weigh a ton?
Seems an ideal system for the mud and grime of mountain biking. I assume there's a major drawback that's stopping it being used.
Thanks for the reply, makes sense that unsprung weight has to be kept down as much as possible.
OK, time to go out again, I got a Radon Slide on Monday and have to be pried off the seat : )
Tysm it helped me adjust the gear to able to reach the 7th gear before it couldn't 😅
No matter how much I loosen the barrel adjuster or tighten it, or mess with the hi and low limit screws, I can't get the derailleur to shift to top gear on the front sprocket. Would loosening the bolt that keeps the cable attached to the derailleur and tightening the cable make any difference?
Hey it is awesome vedio. There is a issue with my cycle. Ie without connecting the cable to drailleurs in rear, it shows 7 movements . But when connected to the drailler some are skipping . Ie directly from 2-4 etc. What may be the issue?
How to stop a rattle from internal cable routing? It's really annoying. My Canyon spectral has a reverb stealth cable which I think is the reason. I ve seen tips on putting cable tiers around the cable but I guess I have to disassemble the control to get the cable far out enough to put the tiers on and then I have to bleed the post?
Awesome video! Helped me tremendously! Thank you.
Love your video's. very informative ! Learning so much 😄
Very informative and professional ! 👍
That Oakley watch is AWESOME!
Understand it, still think it’s a dark art, that only bike mechanics are taught, like the force. Cheers for the video.
Hi
I'm wondering if you can share or make video for how to fix the chain jumping while pedaling uphill eventhough it shifts smoothly under normal conditions on Sram new 2 months old bike.
Thanks
I just put a hex key into the slot where the derailleur is attached to the hanger and bend it from there. Works fine and doesn't require taking off the derailleur
I'm having problem with jumping two gears... I try many tensions and the problem only "float" to other gears... with normal tension like you explain, I have only 7,6,4,2,1 gears. Can the gripshift on the handle bar be incompatible with the derailleurs? It's like the shift are pulling to much cable or are in another ratio. Is an Sram 3.0 Comp working with an Shimano Turney.
Getting the B screw right where it should be a art and may vary from bike to bike, right? thanks.
The part that I use for shifting gears( the part on the handle bars) doesnt lock in place on a specific gear, other than gear 2, everywhere else it just keeps sliding from either 1 to 2, then from 3 to 8, it wont actually stay at any specific gear
5:51 jeez, so THAT'S why.... thanks doddy, I must have missed that/forgotten all about that when replacing the shifter cable
If you’re going to put a wrench to the derailleur hanger I suggest you first remove it and put it in a vise. I was adjusting mine and tore the threads n the hanger. Had to order a new hanger
I have similar noises but I don't understand why. I only removed the rear wheel so I can put some grease on the quick release. and now the derailleur sounds like the example when the chain is too tight.
Do you have a shop in London? If so, where is it and what’s it called? I need my chain looked at please
Really helpful, cheers doddy 😁
A sixth shifting problem into the third and largest gear at the crankshaft: a front derailer problem.
(Excusez que j'ecrivais l'anglais pour "derailleur", mais je n'aime pas emprunter les mots d'autre langues et en melanger parmi mon anglais.)
The cable pulling down on my front derailer pulled it directly downward when on gear two, the middle gear of the set. In order for the cage to move away from the frame, the cable had to pull outward as well as downward. When I received the Decathlon-made bike from Walmart, the cable routing did not do that. It pulled the cable straight down in second gear and could not rotate the parallelogram linkage to move the cage outward. I was able to remove the cable from the plastic guide beneath the bottom bracket and reroute it around the outer projection of the bracket so that its tension now has an outward component. Now, it shifts into third gear.
I'm really good about routing my chain through the derailleur wrong.
I just did that a couple of days ago, not gonna repeat it.
Some obvious advices, but still very good to be remembered.
Learnt a lot - thanks!
Good and clear instructions. Adjustment of 'B tension' is affected by the rear suspension position. Just saw another video which lines it up at your normal sag position. SRAM eagle comes with a tool which you use to line the top cog against the jockey wheel to get the position correct
Waited for such a video for like years :D. Thanks
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Excellent video thank you 🚲
Hello the set up that i have on my mtb 29 is a 1x11 , 34t chainring whit a sunrace 50t cassette and a shimano XT long cage rear derailleur. And boy is hec of nightmare to set the gears right.
Have to disagree with Doddy. If you look at Shimano's design docs and white papers, it's the lower jockey wheel that does the shifting and aligning. This is evidenced by the fact that the lower has no side to side play but the upper slides side to side by a good amount. I also believe it is better to disconnect the shift cable from the derailleur before setting the upper and lower limits.
how do you fix a derailleur that has lateral play from the big hinge?
So excited to take my cycle to the shop to let the experts deal with it and make be overpay them😊
Hanger alignment tools aren't necessarily expensive. Of course you can buy a ParkTool for a hundred bucks, but there ones for around 30 euros that work just fine. And also, if you still have a wheel with 9mm quick release axles, they fit into the hole of the hanger, and you can then use the wheel to align the hanger until both wheels are parallel to another.
im new at biking, so guess i'll be bringing my mountain bike to bike shop.
Thanks!
So the barrel adjuster. Should it be all the way in or out when starting. I'm having a hell of a time.
I have the new Calibre Bossnut 2020, and it's hard to get into the lowest gear (biggest cassette ring). Is this the b limit screw I need to play with? The limit screws look OK
Hallelujah a well made edited video
If the cables a lil frayed this causes the shifting to stop working? Mine is and stopped working but it’s in tact and still tugs on the derailer so why would it not shift I’m wondering.