@@howtodoit1779 Okay, the problem, the derailleur, the cable, or the shifter? You have to isolate the issue, and fix it. Or take it to a mechanic. I can't diagnose it without working on it.
@@RJTheBikeGuy It's hard for my bike to get off of the first gear. Any thoughts on what the cause could be? All of the other gears work fine. I have a micro shift deralieur.
Im a 13yo girl, and i asked my stepdad to fix my bike because my gears werent shifting correctly. He rode my bike uphill but was still dumb to understand the problem so he denied to atleast listen to what my problems were with the bike. He got annoyed so then i decided to just do it myself because he's just lazy asf i guess.. In the garage and at the end of this video i understood what the problem was and i fixed it with the tools we have in the garage!! thank you so much!!
You are awesome! I am so proud of you for figuring out your problem yourself. I am a 54 year old, divorced Mom of three young men, and I work out almost everything myself using UA-cam. You can do ANYTHING if you have the strength and the tools. You go, girl!!!
Finally found a video that addressed my problem, front gear would not shift on to the largest gear. Bought the bike used with this problem. Simple adjustment of the high limiter screw and problem solved. Your the MAN! Thanks for the videos.
Hey! I just want to tell you to get it right with God Before you leave this World. God is one and great and all of us humans owe God because we have broken His laws that are carved in our hearts and known as God's ten commandments. The Bible says that there is not one good man and that everyone is condemned by God to pay the price for their sin and that is death. God is great and he is our judge he will judge us for our sin and we can not do anything about it because God can not just ignore sin. thus we all deserve death and hell 🔥 . But God he was gracious to us humans and had his son Jesus sacrificed on the cross for your and my sin so that we would not be lost and suffer in the eternal fire. It is written in the Bible: John 3:16 God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. so instead of you dying JESUS died on the cross he was mocked, beaten, whipped for you . just for you and me and all the mankind. he could at any second call down angels to help him of the cross but no he chosed to suffer for you and on that way God showed that he loves. Three days later Jesus was resurrected from death and that showed that he didn’t deserve to die because he was perfect but he taked the punishment of our sin so that we could live with God. So turn to God and believe in him through Jesus it is the only way to eternal life with God. God also transformed me because I did disgusting things, but when I received Jesus, God began to do his work in me and thanks to the Lord I am saved. Please do not ignore this because I do not want you my sister or brother to be lost. but through Jesus there is not a single way to God for God is just he can not just forget your sin as long as nothing has paid for your sin and Jesus did. think about this in this way: you’re in a court you are convicted of a punishment the judge will not remove your punishment for the good stuff you have done no he will judge you for the bad ones. but if someone pays your penalty then you are free to go. God did not want you to be lost so He sent Jesus for your sins. It was therefore Jesus said it’s finished before he died. It means that he had taked the punishment of sin instead of you and me. So please Seek God through Christ for Jesus is only way. Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life nobody comes to the father except through me. So please turn to Jesus and get salvation before you die. You don’t know when you gone die it could be tomorrow or today. Every day 150 thousand people due and they didn’t know that. So you could be one of them tomorrow. Seek you salvation in Christ. Pray with me: Lord I know I have sinned against you but I apologize and I want to be saved through the blood of Christ forgive me and guide me towards your kingdom God . God help me to walk away from my sin and walk with your righteousness. In Jesus name amen 🙏 Watch this video if you don’t understand. ua-cam.com/video/TCSUKIhjevo/v-deo.html
I've had like 3 mountain bikes over the years and I've always eventually had an issue with the shifters. I'm glad I finally found a video on this issue
Hey! I just want to tell you to get it right with God Before you leave this World. God is one and great and all of us humans owe God because we have broken His laws that are carved in our hearts and known as God's ten commandments. The Bible says that there is not one good man and that everyone is condemned by God to pay the price for their sin and that is death. God is great and he is our judge he will judge us for our sin and we can not do anything about it because God can not just ignore sin. thus we all deserve death and hell 🔥 . But God he was gracious to us humans and had his son Jesus sacrificed on the cross for your and my sin so that we would not be lost and suffer in the eternal fire. It is written in the Bible: John 3:16 God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. so instead of you dying JESUS died on the cross he was mocked, beaten, whipped for you . just for you and me and all the mankind. he could at any second call down angels to help him of the cross but no he chosed to suffer for you and on that way God showed that he loves. Three days later Jesus was resurrected from death and that showed that he didn’t deserve to die because he was perfect but he taked the punishment of our sin so that we could live with God. So turn to God and believe in him through Jesus it is the only way to eternal life with God. God also transformed me because I did disgusting things, but when I received Jesus, God began to do his work in me and thanks to the Lord I am saved. Please do not ignore this because I do not want you my sister or brother to be lost. but through Jesus there is not a single way to God for God is just he can not just forget your sin as long as nothing has paid for your sin and Jesus did. think about this in this way: you’re in a court you are convicted of a punishment the judge will not remove your punishment for the good stuff you have done no he will judge you for the bad ones. but if someone pays your penalty then you are free to go. God did not want you to be lost so He sent Jesus for your sins. It was therefore Jesus said it’s finished before he died. It means that he had taked the punishment of sin instead of you and me. So please Seek God through Christ for Jesus is only way. Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life nobody comes to the father except through me. So please turn to Jesus and get salvation before you die. You don’t know when you gone die it could be tomorrow or today. Every day 150 thousand people due and they didn’t know that. So you could be one of them tomorrow. Seek you salvation in Christ. Pray with me: Lord I know I have sinned against you but I apologize and I want to be saved through the blood of Christ forgive me and guide me towards your kingdom God . God help me to walk away from my sin and walk with your righteousness. In Jesus name amen 🙏 Watch this video if you don’t understand. ua-cam.com/video/TCSUKIhjevo/v-deo.html
Im a new and casual bike rider. I just got a 7 speed bike from Walmart and not sure if it was like this at the store or if it was from shoving the bike in my little car, but the chain came off and it wasn't shifting gears. having absolutely NO experience with mechanics of any kind, this video helped me fix the shifting gear problem!!! thank you!!!
AlphaDaddy82 EXACTLY!!! I’ve never in my life touched a bike for any reason other than cycling. With this one single video I repaired my gears and saved myself min $100++ !!! How cool is that!
Came back here to say THANK YOU! My bike shifts perfectly now! Who knew all it would take is a shot of PB Blaster followed up with some chain lube oil? I sure didn't. Thought I would have to adjust the derailleurs somehow so was searching UA-cam to learn how to adjust them, maybe take them apart. It didn't feel like anything was "stuck" but the gears weren't shifting when the brake-levers were moved in or clicked (the gear shifters). Very happy with this simple fix! I have WD40 and 3 kinds of PB blaster (regular, chain lube and white grease) so I use this stuff all the time, but just didn't think that was the problem here.
This was so straight forward and easy to understand! Awesome job for such a thorough and straight to the point of how to troubleshoot shifting! Heading out to my wife's bike to put this into practice. Thank you for taking the time to make this video. So helpful. God bless.
This guy is THE BEST instructor teacher mentor whatever you wish to call it when it comes to bikes! All of the videos are so clear and zooms up on the individual parts so that you can easily see the part. Great lighting. And he explains things thoroughly but in easy to understand terms. He doesn't just tell u HOW to fix it but also WHY. WHY it's not working right. WHY it gets assembled in this order etc. Which is a big importance to me. He really breaks it down. I find it so much easier to comprehend how to fix a certain aspect of my bike if I know how it works the mechanics of it, and why it isn't doing as intended.
Letting the derailer come first to its "resting spot" before tightening the cable was just the thing that worked for me. Haven't heard any other online cable people recommend doing that first. Thanks much. Great help!
Hey! I just want to tell you to get it right with God Before you leave this World. God is one and great and all of us humans owe God because we have broken His laws that are carved in our hearts and known as God's ten commandments. The Bible says that there is not one good man and that everyone is condemned by God to pay the price for their sin and that is death. God is great and he is our judge he will judge us for our sin and we can not do anything about it because God can not just ignore sin. thus we all deserve death and hell 🔥 . But God he was gracious to us humans and had his son Jesus sacrificed on the cross for your and my sin so that we would not be lost and suffer in the eternal fire. It is written in the Bible: John 3:16 God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. so instead of you dying JESUS died on the cross he was mocked, beaten, whipped for you . just for you and me and all the mankind. he could at any second call down angels to help him of the cross but no he chosed to suffer for you and on that way God showed that he loves. Three days later Jesus was resurrected from death and that showed that he didn’t deserve to die because he was perfect but he taked the punishment of our sin so that we could live with God. So turn to God and believe in him through Jesus it is the only way to eternal life with God. God also transformed me because I did disgusting things, but when I received Jesus, God began to do his work in me and thanks to the Lord I am saved. Please do not ignore this because I do not want you my sister or brother to be lost. but through Jesus there is not a single way to God for God is just he can not just forget your sin as long as nothing has paid for your sin and Jesus did. think about this in this way: you’re in a court you are convicted of a punishment the judge will not remove your punishment for the good stuff you have done no he will judge you for the bad ones. but if someone pays your penalty then you are free to go. God did not want you to be lost so He sent Jesus for your sins. It was therefore Jesus said it’s finished before he died. It means that he had taked the punishment of sin instead of you and me. So please Seek God through Christ for Jesus is only way. Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life nobody comes to the father except through me. So please turn to Jesus and get salvation before you die. You don’t know when you gone die it could be tomorrow or today. Every day 150 thousand people due and they didn’t know that. So you could be one of them tomorrow. Seek you salvation in Christ. Pray with me: Lord I know I have sinned against you but I apologize and I want to be saved through the blood of Christ forgive me and guide me towards your kingdom God . God help me to walk away from my sin and walk with your righteousness. In Jesus name amen 🙏 Watch this video if you don’t understand. ua-cam.com/video/TCSUKIhjevo/v-deo.html
Hey! I just want to tell you to get it right with God Before you leave this World. God is one and great and all of us humans owe God because we have broken His laws that are carved in our hearts and known as God's ten commandments. The Bible says that there is not one good man and that everyone is condemned by God to pay the price for their sin and that is death. God is great and he is our judge he will judge us for our sin and we can not do anything about it because God can not just ignore sin. thus we all deserve death and hell 🔥 . But God he was gracious to us humans and had his son Jesus sacrificed on the cross for your and my sin so that we would not be lost and suffer in the eternal fire. It is written in the Bible: John 3:16 God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. so instead of you dying JESUS died on the cross he was mocked, beaten, whipped for you . just for you and me and all the mankind. he could at any second call down angels to help him of the cross but no he chosed to suffer for you and on that way God showed that he loves. Three days later Jesus was resurrected from death and that showed that he didn’t deserve to die because he was perfect but he taked the punishment of our sin so that we could live with God. So turn to God and believe in him through Jesus it is the only way to eternal life with God. God also transformed me because I did disgusting things, but when I received Jesus, God began to do his work in me and thanks to the Lord I am saved. Please do not ignore this because I do not want you my sister or brother to be lost. but through Jesus there is not a single way to God for God is just he can not just forget your sin as long as nothing has paid for your sin and Jesus did. think about this in this way: you’re in a court you are convicted of a punishment the judge will not remove your punishment for the good stuff you have done no he will judge you for the bad ones. but if someone pays your penalty then you are free to go. God did not want you to be lost so He sent Jesus for your sins. It was therefore Jesus said it’s finished before he died. It means that he had taked the punishment of sin instead of you and me. So please Seek God through Christ for Jesus is only way. Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life nobody comes to the father except through me. So please turn to Jesus and get salvation before you die. You don’t know when you gone die it could be tomorrow or today. Every day 150 thousand people due and they didn’t know that. So you could be one of them tomorrow. Seek you salvation in Christ. Pray with me: Lord I know I have sinned against you but I apologize and I want to be saved through the blood of Christ forgive me and guide me towards your kingdom God . God help me to walk away from my sin and walk with your righteousness. In Jesus name amen 🙏 Watch this video if you don’t understand. ua-cam.com/video/TCSUKIhjevo/v-deo.html
I got a free bike, but I wasn’t able to ride it because I couldn’t shift gears. I watched this video and 20 minutes later I had the shifters decreased, re-lubed, and working perfectly. Thanks!
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.
Thanks for a detailed video. I bought a Schwinn Trailway bike from Target 3 days ago. The bike was not shifting to the highest gear. Your explanation was sufficient to get the issue fixed. Thanks again!
This video fixed my issue in 41 seconds flat. Paused, removed an external headlight battery strapped to the crossbar, and problem was solved. (never considered cable restriction could be an issue until watching). Thanks RJ
Thanks to your video Ive sorted my 45 year old bike myself (after making the whole front derailer slip out of position while going uphill _ dont ask!). So many, many thanks.
I am one with my bike and my bike is with me. No really though, this made me feel confident that I could tinker around on my own without needing to go to a shop. Thank you!
I'm glad I found this channel. My problem ended up being my gear disks came undone 😢 so it's $80+ paying someone to put it on or buy a new bike. Either way, rip wallet.
It is a very straight forward video. Thank you. My gears do move up to the largest and back to the smallest gear. The issue with my bike is always that the chain will not move swiftly BETWEEN the gears. I keep adjusting the shifters from time to time. They work for a short while but within a few days the shifting from one gear to the next becomes problematic again.
Great video easily explained, fixed my problem my self. Before I was going to take it to the bike shop and know they would have charged me an arm and a leg to do the job that took me 3 min to do.
Your an absolute legend RJ. I come straight to your channel whenever i've got some maintenance to do on my bikes. I always can find what i am looking for (or just about) and when i try it actually works! Keep it up
Hey! I just want to tell you to get it right with God Before you leave this World. God is one and great and all of us humans owe God because we have broken His laws that are carved in our hearts and known as God's ten commandments. The Bible says that there is not one good man and that everyone is condemned by God to pay the price for their sin and that is death. God is great and he is our judge he will judge us for our sin and we can not do anything about it because God can not just ignore sin. thus we all deserve death and hell 🔥 . But God he was gracious to us humans and had his son Jesus sacrificed on the cross for your and my sin so that we would not be lost and suffer in the eternal fire. It is written in the Bible: John 3:16 God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. so instead of you dying JESUS died on the cross he was mocked, beaten, whipped for you . just for you and me and all the mankind. he could at any second call down angels to help him of the cross but no he chosed to suffer for you and on that way God showed that he loves. Three days later Jesus was resurrected from death and that showed that he didn’t deserve to die because he was perfect but he taked the punishment of our sin so that we could live with God. So turn to God and believe in him through Jesus it is the only way to eternal life with God. God also transformed me because I did disgusting things, but when I received Jesus, God began to do his work in me and thanks to the Lord I am saved. Please do not ignore this because I do not want you my sister or brother to be lost. but through Jesus there is not a single way to God for God is just he can not just forget your sin as long as nothing has paid for your sin and Jesus did. think about this in this way: you’re in a court you are convicted of a punishment the judge will not remove your punishment for the good stuff you have done no he will judge you for the bad ones. but if someone pays your penalty then you are free to go. God did not want you to be lost so He sent Jesus for your sins. It was therefore Jesus said it’s finished before he died. It means that he had taked the punishment of sin instead of you and me. So please Seek God through Christ for Jesus is only way. Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life nobody comes to the father except through me. So please turn to Jesus and get salvation before you die. You don’t know when you gone die it could be tomorrow or today. Every day 150 thousand people due and they didn’t know that. So you could be one of them tomorrow. Seek you salvation in Christ. Pray with me: Lord I know I have sinned against you but I apologize and I want to be saved through the blood of Christ forgive me and guide me towards your kingdom God . God help me to walk away from my sin and walk with your righteousness. In Jesus name amen 🙏 Watch this video if you don’t understand. ua-cam.com/video/TCSUKIhjevo/v-deo.html
Just wanted to say this a great video that helps you diagnose a problem like gear shifting with a systematic list of probable culprits. This is what you need before you spend money on the wrong part/component. Just what the Doctor ordered. Thank you.
Feeling proactive, I decided to lightly tighten all of the screws on my new bike. For some reason, my bike would no longer shift gears and I was stumped~ Little did I know, the screws at 5:24 are not supposed to screw in all the way! I can shift gears again after correcting my earlier mistake. Thank you for the video!
My bike wouldn't shift into all of the gears. it would be stuck on the finer shifter side (idk the correct name) in 5th. The left side worked perfect. After watching this video I messed with my bike a little and now it works like a charm. I think a thank you is in order.
Glad this is the first video UA-cam suggested cause you help me define my problem where left shift handle wasnt responding due to it needing lubrication. Had me worried!
This video just helped me out today. I just bought a Trek Verve 1. The front shifter was not shifting off Gear 1. (has 3 gears) I tried the screws didnt help. Pulled manually on cable bingo..it shifted. So I determined the builder didnt pull the cable tight enough. Found allen screw at end of cable. Loosened it and pulled cable tighter with needle nose pliers and tightened it back. Fixed..gears shifting now.
One day I wanted to clean my bike and decided to also tighten all the screws I can see, such a bad idea I did not know what the were for, thanks to this video I was able to readjust all my gears and wires
Thanks for this video- very thorough, very detailed, easy to understand. This is a big help, I'll be running through these tests tomorrow on both my problem children who don't want to shift! Hopefully I'll be able to fix their issues with shifting.
Thanks RJ The Bike Guy! This was another GREAT video! Tomorrow I'm going to work on fine-tuning the gear shifting so I can get the chain to the lowest gear.
Your video taught me so much about my mountain bike. I’ve never worked on one before (its a 21 speed) and my front derailleur was stuck on the small cog. I loosened up the tension on the cage so that i could physically move my chain over to the middle cog because there were no tension in my gears while switching up and down. Now i have great tension and they are changing at least a little. I can’t get the front derailleur to switch between cogs... any tips? For now it at least works on one cog, but i would like it to work completely 😂
Thank you so much for this, recently bought my girl a bike and it wouldn’t shift onto the large front gear, now I know what I’m at least looking for, I never owned bikes with shifters as a kid so I was never familiar with how they operated
Changed my back tire frontier first-time on my own and my gears won't shift properly now. Going to watch this more in depth. Hopefully ai n can figure it out
Thank you for this video! I was spending a couple hours trying to figure out what was wrong and it was those darn limit screws! This was a really good video!
Hello, I'm genuinely curious, what's the name or details of your drop bar brakes and shifters? and how much are they? I'm planning to make my mtb i got from my birthday a few months ago become a dropbar, but I don't know how to change the cables so I'll just switch the cables into new brakes or shifters but yeah i have this problem on my mtb where i cannot shift down to the smallest cog and the biggest front derailleur.
Yes i do agree and i change the cables when i have bike in for servicing but this trike is new 6 weeks old, one is not jumping to conclusions that a cable need replacing. But we got there and all sorted
I replaced my cable (Bell 4-cable box from Walmart) and rear derailleur works fine now. Also, the rear clamp had a groove that would not clamp the cable but slid on it. Had to wrap the cable around the clamp, works fine now.
Well done video. My Shimano Revoshift 7 speed was making a slight noise when pedalling except in the very high gears and very low gears. I decided to adjust it according to the manual provide with the bike (huffy Sienna).Well, I made things worse. I went from a bit of noise with a full range of gears, down to 1 gear. This video filled in some blanks in the manual by explaining how the high and low adjustment screws function on the rear derailleur. Thanks.
Thanks for the great videos! When I press the right hand shifter (for rear) to shift up to the highest gear, sometime I press it all the way but it doesn’t seem to grip the cable. So, it doesn’t shift. Any suggestions? Thanks again.
You are the best. Question: when adjusting rear derailleur what will be the chain position on front cassette and what position shiftier setting high or lowest gear? Thanks
my shifters will not allow me to switch out of gear 6. I feel it pulling on the string when I try to shift up to 7, but It won't shift. moreover, the shifters will not allow me to even try to switch into any lower gear. any advice?
No one replyed about solving the problem or what may be, all were, "yeah mine too" we know that yours have problems too, but whats the problem and how to solve it ?
RJ I am having a problem with a 7 speed trike, tightening the cable is is allowing to get on to the big gear 7 but i dont seem to be able to get higher than gear 3 i have adjusted the index screw but making no difference. all quite new equipment. the shifter is working ok. Loosening the cable lets me get down the gears.
I have shimano sora shifters. The chain moves ok from small to larger cogs, but jumps directly to the smallest cog when I down shift. Derailleur, chain and cassette are brand new. My mechanic says that the right shifter is the culprit since it's badly corroded and needs replacement. But that's expensive and not worth it. Any alternative on how to fix this issue?
My bike's shifter on the right side at the handles bars won't budge, the left side one will, but neither seems to change a single thing and even manually moved the thing in the video at the pedals/ chain goes through and it feels kinda tight. I adjusted the screws, and even tried reseating the cable, no change. Any advice? Is my cable just flat out in need of replacement or something else?
Hi RJ, my gravel/commuter is having some rear shifting problems. I put a new derailler on a few months ago and changed the cable, and oiled the levers. I cracked the old rear derailler. Recently the problem i am having is it shifts up to the big rear cogs fine but going down to the smaller cogs it won't shift, then i click a second time and it double shifts- skipping over and shifting to the proper gear 2 down. So what i do is i shift to the smaller cog twice and then shift back up to the bigger cog, since shifting up has no problem. Weird. I am going to degrease the spring and insides of the rear derailler right now then oil it. I also just measured my chain, over 2400 miles on it, and it is now stretched, so i will replace that too. We'll know by tomorrow when i have everything put back together, cleaned and greased. What do you think? Have you seen this symptom before? I will also check the straightness of the rear arm.
@@RJTheBikeGuy ok, after bike to work week, 220km ending yesterday, i needed to change my front brake pads, cleaned the front pistons, cassette and chain rings. Changed the chain, oiled, cleaned. And i also wd40'd the rear derailler and cleaned it with a pick and rag. Oiled all the pins. Moves very nice. Quick spin and it shifts real nice, but one gear might still skip. I will take it 5 miles tonight and then 100km to work next week, so we'll see.
I know this is 7 years old but I have a potentially dumb question about this: When my bike is propped up and I'm checking to see if the gears change, they do so with no problem, but then I have issues changing gears when I'm actually riding the bike, I'm on the slightly heavier side, I weigh about 115KG at the moment. My gear issue basically is, on the front gears, it won't go down from 2 to 1 unless I get off the bike and manually pedal it with no weigh on it, and then after that it won't go back from 1 to 2, only from 1 to 3, and then I have to shift down from 3 to 2. I hope this doesn't sound very confusing, but yeah, yesterday I was biking and I ended up pinching the chain to the point where one of the links was bent almost at 30 degrees, I had to bend it back with pincers at a family member's place and then ride back home with huge paranoia on my head
i think your video was very informative.. my bikes gears wont shift they will but its really hard to get them to shift anyways ty for makeing this video
my gear system is messed up...can u please help me? i just need the gear to be in gear 2...how to set the chain in one particular gear if i dont want to shift up or down?
What is the problem when it shifts to lower but there is a delay coming back to higher? I would believe: cable is stuck in the outer cable or the derailler is gunked. But I am not sure.
Thank you so much! You gave super clear instructions that I can’t wait to try. What do you put your bikes up on to work on? Anything I might already have? I’ll google it too.
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Hey, I need some help. Could you watch this video and try to answer it?
ua-cam.com/video/wyU8rpMc44A/v-deo.html
@@howtodoit1779 Did you go through the video?
@@RJTheBikeGuy Yeah, I watched the video. I'm assuming I missed something in it?
@@howtodoit1779 Okay, the problem, the derailleur, the cable, or the shifter? You have to isolate the issue, and fix it. Or take it to a mechanic. I can't diagnose it without working on it.
@@RJTheBikeGuy It's hard for my bike to get off of the first gear. Any thoughts on what the cause could be? All of the other gears work fine. I have a micro shift deralieur.
Im a 13yo girl, and i asked my stepdad to fix my bike because my gears werent shifting correctly. He rode my bike uphill but was still dumb to understand the problem so he denied to atleast listen to what my problems were with the bike. He got annoyed so then i decided to just do it myself because he's just lazy asf i guess.. In the garage and at the end of this video i understood what the problem was and i fixed it with the tools we have in the garage!! thank you so much!!
You are awesome! I am so proud of you for figuring out your problem yourself. I am a 54 year old, divorced Mom of three young men, and I work out almost everything myself using UA-cam. You can do ANYTHING if you have the strength and the tools. You go, girl!!!
@@christalmorrison482 thank you so much!!
More power to you 🤗🤗
Make sure you teach him 😂😂😂
Proud of you, well done 🫡
Finally found a video that addressed my problem, front gear would not shift on to the largest gear. Bought the bike used with this problem. Simple adjustment of the high limiter screw and problem solved. Your the MAN! Thanks for the videos.
Hey! I just want to tell you to get it right with God Before you leave this World. God is one and great and all of us humans owe God because we have broken His laws that are carved in our hearts and known as God's ten commandments. The Bible says that there is not one good man and that everyone is condemned by God to pay the price for their sin and that is death. God is great and he is our judge he will judge us for our sin and we can not do anything about it because God can not just ignore sin. thus we all deserve death and hell 🔥 .
But God he was gracious to us humans and had his son Jesus sacrificed on the cross for your and my sin so that we would not be lost and suffer in the eternal fire. It is written in the Bible: John 3:16 God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. so instead of you dying JESUS died on the cross he was mocked, beaten, whipped for you . just for you and me and all the mankind. he could at any second call down angels to help him of the cross but no he chosed to suffer for you and on that way God showed that he loves. Three days later Jesus was resurrected from death and that showed that he didn’t deserve to die because he was perfect but he taked the punishment of our sin so that we could live with God.
So turn to God and believe in him through Jesus it is the only way to eternal life with God. God also transformed me because I did disgusting things, but when I received Jesus, God began to do his work in me and thanks to the Lord I am saved. Please do not ignore this because I do not want you my sister or brother to be lost. but through Jesus there is not a single way to God for God is just he can not just forget your sin as long as nothing has paid for your sin and Jesus did. think about this in this way: you’re in a court you are convicted of a punishment the judge will not remove your punishment for the good stuff you have done no he will judge you for the bad ones. but if someone pays your penalty then you are free to go. God did not want you to be lost so He sent Jesus for your sins. It was therefore Jesus said it’s finished before he died. It means that he had taked the punishment of sin instead of you and me. So please Seek God through Christ for Jesus is only way. Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life nobody comes to the father except through me. So please turn to Jesus and get salvation before you die. You don’t know when you gone die it could be tomorrow or today. Every day 150 thousand people due and they didn’t know that. So you could be one of them tomorrow. Seek you salvation in Christ.
Pray with me: Lord I know I have sinned against you but I apologize and I want to be saved through the blood of Christ forgive me and guide me towards your kingdom God . God help me to walk away from my sin and walk with your righteousness. In Jesus name amen 🙏
Watch this video if you don’t understand. ua-cam.com/video/TCSUKIhjevo/v-deo.html
I've had like 3 mountain bikes over the years and I've always eventually had an issue with the shifters. I'm glad I finally found a video on this issue
Hey! I just want to tell you to get it right with God Before you leave this World. God is one and great and all of us humans owe God because we have broken His laws that are carved in our hearts and known as God's ten commandments. The Bible says that there is not one good man and that everyone is condemned by God to pay the price for their sin and that is death. God is great and he is our judge he will judge us for our sin and we can not do anything about it because God can not just ignore sin. thus we all deserve death and hell 🔥 .
But God he was gracious to us humans and had his son Jesus sacrificed on the cross for your and my sin so that we would not be lost and suffer in the eternal fire. It is written in the Bible: John 3:16 God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. so instead of you dying JESUS died on the cross he was mocked, beaten, whipped for you . just for you and me and all the mankind. he could at any second call down angels to help him of the cross but no he chosed to suffer for you and on that way God showed that he loves. Three days later Jesus was resurrected from death and that showed that he didn’t deserve to die because he was perfect but he taked the punishment of our sin so that we could live with God.
So turn to God and believe in him through Jesus it is the only way to eternal life with God. God also transformed me because I did disgusting things, but when I received Jesus, God began to do his work in me and thanks to the Lord I am saved. Please do not ignore this because I do not want you my sister or brother to be lost. but through Jesus there is not a single way to God for God is just he can not just forget your sin as long as nothing has paid for your sin and Jesus did. think about this in this way: you’re in a court you are convicted of a punishment the judge will not remove your punishment for the good stuff you have done no he will judge you for the bad ones. but if someone pays your penalty then you are free to go. God did not want you to be lost so He sent Jesus for your sins. It was therefore Jesus said it’s finished before he died. It means that he had taked the punishment of sin instead of you and me. So please Seek God through Christ for Jesus is only way. Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life nobody comes to the father except through me. So please turn to Jesus and get salvation before you die. You don’t know when you gone die it could be tomorrow or today. Every day 150 thousand people due and they didn’t know that. So you could be one of them tomorrow. Seek you salvation in Christ.
Pray with me: Lord I know I have sinned against you but I apologize and I want to be saved through the blood of Christ forgive me and guide me towards your kingdom God . God help me to walk away from my sin and walk with your righteousness. In Jesus name amen 🙏
Watch this video if you don’t understand. ua-cam.com/video/TCSUKIhjevo/v-deo.html
Im a new and casual bike rider. I just got a 7 speed bike from Walmart and not sure if it was like this at the store or if it was from shoving the bike in my little car, but the chain came off and it wasn't shifting gears. having absolutely NO experience with mechanics of any kind, this video helped me fix the shifting gear problem!!! thank you!!!
Who dislikes this!?? Such useful and complete info with clear visuals, what do they expect, that the guy goes over there to fix their bikes himself ?
AlphaDaddy82 EXACTLY!!! I’ve never in my life touched a bike for any reason other than cycling. With this one single video I repaired my gears and saved myself min $100++ !!! How cool is that!
I usually dislike due to time waster ads, that's my principle. I am sure many share the same.
Because he never solved my problem he never even talks how to repair it
@Rey Rey question him personally cause your problem on your bike is probably another cause
Bots...
Came back here to say THANK YOU! My bike shifts perfectly now! Who knew all it would take is a shot of PB Blaster followed up with some chain lube oil? I sure didn't. Thought I would have to adjust the derailleurs somehow so was searching UA-cam to learn how to adjust them, maybe take them apart. It didn't feel like anything was "stuck" but the gears weren't shifting when the brake-levers were moved in or clicked (the gear shifters). Very happy with this simple fix! I have WD40 and 3 kinds of PB blaster (regular, chain lube and white grease) so I use this stuff all the time, but just didn't think that was the problem here.
This was so straight forward and easy to understand! Awesome job for such a thorough and straight to the point of how to troubleshoot shifting! Heading out to my wife's bike to put this into practice. Thank you for taking the time to make this video. So helpful. God bless.
This guy is THE BEST instructor teacher mentor whatever you wish to call it when it comes to bikes! All of the videos are so clear and zooms up on the individual parts so that you can easily see the part. Great lighting. And he explains things thoroughly but in easy to understand terms. He doesn't just tell u HOW to fix it but also WHY. WHY it's not working right. WHY it gets assembled in this order etc. Which is a big importance to me. He really breaks it down. I find it so much easier to comprehend how to fix a certain aspect of my bike if I know how it works the mechanics of it, and why it isn't doing as intended.
Letting the derailer come first to its "resting spot" before tightening the cable was just the thing that worked for me. Haven't heard any other online cable people recommend doing that first. Thanks much. Great help!
This video deserves more like and 0 dislikes. Quick, easy to understand, solved all of the issues. Kudos to you! Amazing help
Hey! I just want to tell you to get it right with God Before you leave this World. God is one and great and all of us humans owe God because we have broken His laws that are carved in our hearts and known as God's ten commandments. The Bible says that there is not one good man and that everyone is condemned by God to pay the price for their sin and that is death. God is great and he is our judge he will judge us for our sin and we can not do anything about it because God can not just ignore sin. thus we all deserve death and hell 🔥 .
But God he was gracious to us humans and had his son Jesus sacrificed on the cross for your and my sin so that we would not be lost and suffer in the eternal fire. It is written in the Bible: John 3:16 God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. so instead of you dying JESUS died on the cross he was mocked, beaten, whipped for you . just for you and me and all the mankind. he could at any second call down angels to help him of the cross but no he chosed to suffer for you and on that way God showed that he loves. Three days later Jesus was resurrected from death and that showed that he didn’t deserve to die because he was perfect but he taked the punishment of our sin so that we could live with God.
So turn to God and believe in him through Jesus it is the only way to eternal life with God. God also transformed me because I did disgusting things, but when I received Jesus, God began to do his work in me and thanks to the Lord I am saved. Please do not ignore this because I do not want you my sister or brother to be lost. but through Jesus there is not a single way to God for God is just he can not just forget your sin as long as nothing has paid for your sin and Jesus did. think about this in this way: you’re in a court you are convicted of a punishment the judge will not remove your punishment for the good stuff you have done no he will judge you for the bad ones. but if someone pays your penalty then you are free to go. God did not want you to be lost so He sent Jesus for your sins. It was therefore Jesus said it’s finished before he died. It means that he had taked the punishment of sin instead of you and me. So please Seek God through Christ for Jesus is only way. Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life nobody comes to the father except through me. So please turn to Jesus and get salvation before you die. You don’t know when you gone die it could be tomorrow or today. Every day 150 thousand people due and they didn’t know that. So you could be one of them tomorrow. Seek you salvation in Christ.
Pray with me: Lord I know I have sinned against you but I apologize and I want to be saved through the blood of Christ forgive me and guide me towards your kingdom God . God help me to walk away from my sin and walk with your righteousness. In Jesus name amen 🙏
Watch this video if you don’t understand. ua-cam.com/video/TCSUKIhjevo/v-deo.html
Once again, a minute spent watching RJ The Bike Guy prevents an hour cussing in the garage.
You just prevented yourself 9 hours then 🔥, I'm about to do the same haha
Hey! I just want to tell you to get it right with God Before you leave this World. God is one and great and all of us humans owe God because we have broken His laws that are carved in our hearts and known as God's ten commandments. The Bible says that there is not one good man and that everyone is condemned by God to pay the price for their sin and that is death. God is great and he is our judge he will judge us for our sin and we can not do anything about it because God can not just ignore sin. thus we all deserve death and hell 🔥 .
But God he was gracious to us humans and had his son Jesus sacrificed on the cross for your and my sin so that we would not be lost and suffer in the eternal fire. It is written in the Bible: John 3:16 God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. so instead of you dying JESUS died on the cross he was mocked, beaten, whipped for you . just for you and me and all the mankind. he could at any second call down angels to help him of the cross but no he chosed to suffer for you and on that way God showed that he loves. Three days later Jesus was resurrected from death and that showed that he didn’t deserve to die because he was perfect but he taked the punishment of our sin so that we could live with God.
So turn to God and believe in him through Jesus it is the only way to eternal life with God. God also transformed me because I did disgusting things, but when I received Jesus, God began to do his work in me and thanks to the Lord I am saved. Please do not ignore this because I do not want you my sister or brother to be lost. but through Jesus there is not a single way to God for God is just he can not just forget your sin as long as nothing has paid for your sin and Jesus did. think about this in this way: you’re in a court you are convicted of a punishment the judge will not remove your punishment for the good stuff you have done no he will judge you for the bad ones. but if someone pays your penalty then you are free to go. God did not want you to be lost so He sent Jesus for your sins. It was therefore Jesus said it’s finished before he died. It means that he had taked the punishment of sin instead of you and me. So please Seek God through Christ for Jesus is only way. Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life nobody comes to the father except through me. So please turn to Jesus and get salvation before you die. You don’t know when you gone die it could be tomorrow or today. Every day 150 thousand people due and they didn’t know that. So you could be one of them tomorrow. Seek you salvation in Christ.
Pray with me: Lord I know I have sinned against you but I apologize and I want to be saved through the blood of Christ forgive me and guide me towards your kingdom God . God help me to walk away from my sin and walk with your righteousness. In Jesus name amen 🙏
Watch this video if you don’t understand. ua-cam.com/video/TCSUKIhjevo/v-deo.html
except for me
i don’t even have a garage
I got a free bike, but I wasn’t able to ride it because I couldn’t shift gears. I watched this video and 20 minutes later I had the shifters decreased, re-lubed, and working perfectly. Thanks!
Anyone else feel so satisfied when he pushed and his chain was so smooth when it shifted?
Good job u deserve a Pepsi
*COCA COLA*
Indian coke lol
@@unknown-6664 we are on the same team brotha
I am also on ur team
I want one
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.
Thanks for a detailed video. I bought a Schwinn Trailway bike from Target 3 days ago. The bike was not shifting to the highest gear. Your explanation was sufficient to get the issue fixed. Thanks again!
Quite possibly the most useful video for bikes, on UA-cam.
This video fixed my issue in 41 seconds flat. Paused, removed an external headlight battery strapped to the crossbar, and problem was solved. (never considered cable restriction could be an issue until watching). Thanks RJ
Cool!
Thanks to your video Ive sorted my 45 year old bike myself (after making the whole front derailer slip out of position while going uphill _ dont ask!). So many, many thanks.
i feel like ive improved as a person after watching this video and learning the info to fix my brothers bike. thanks so much!
I am one with my bike and my bike is with me.
No really though, this made me feel confident that I could tinker around on my own without needing to go to a shop. Thank you!
Thank you! For some reason after I manually pushed the derailleur it started working! You're a lifesaver!
I'm glad I found this channel. My problem ended up being my gear disks came undone 😢 so it's $80+ paying someone to put it on or buy a new bike. Either way, rip wallet.
It is a very straight forward video. Thank you. My gears do move up to the largest and back to the smallest gear. The issue with my bike is always that the chain will not move swiftly BETWEEN the gears. I keep adjusting the shifters from time to time. They work for a short while but within a few days the shifting from one gear to the next becomes problematic again.
Great video easily explained, fixed my problem my self. Before I was going to take it to the bike shop and know they would have charged me an arm and a leg to do the job that took me 3 min to do.
Find a new bike shop mine adjusted my brake pads fixed my derailer and taught me how to do it all again I the future for 15$
Your an absolute legend RJ. I come straight to your channel whenever i've got some maintenance to do on my bikes. I always can find what i am looking for (or just about) and when i try it actually works! Keep it up
Do you use your bike to pedal to JWACS?
Hey! I just want to tell you to get it right with God Before you leave this World. God is one and great and all of us humans owe God because we have broken His laws that are carved in our hearts and known as God's ten commandments. The Bible says that there is not one good man and that everyone is condemned by God to pay the price for their sin and that is death. God is great and he is our judge he will judge us for our sin and we can not do anything about it because God can not just ignore sin. thus we all deserve death and hell 🔥 .
But God he was gracious to us humans and had his son Jesus sacrificed on the cross for your and my sin so that we would not be lost and suffer in the eternal fire. It is written in the Bible: John 3:16 God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. so instead of you dying JESUS died on the cross he was mocked, beaten, whipped for you . just for you and me and all the mankind. he could at any second call down angels to help him of the cross but no he chosed to suffer for you and on that way God showed that he loves. Three days later Jesus was resurrected from death and that showed that he didn’t deserve to die because he was perfect but he taked the punishment of our sin so that we could live with God.
So turn to God and believe in him through Jesus it is the only way to eternal life with God. God also transformed me because I did disgusting things, but when I received Jesus, God began to do his work in me and thanks to the Lord I am saved. Please do not ignore this because I do not want you my sister or brother to be lost. but through Jesus there is not a single way to God for God is just he can not just forget your sin as long as nothing has paid for your sin and Jesus did. think about this in this way: you’re in a court you are convicted of a punishment the judge will not remove your punishment for the good stuff you have done no he will judge you for the bad ones. but if someone pays your penalty then you are free to go. God did not want you to be lost so He sent Jesus for your sins. It was therefore Jesus said it’s finished before he died. It means that he had taked the punishment of sin instead of you and me. So please Seek God through Christ for Jesus is only way. Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life nobody comes to the father except through me. So please turn to Jesus and get salvation before you die. You don’t know when you gone die it could be tomorrow or today. Every day 150 thousand people due and they didn’t know that. So you could be one of them tomorrow. Seek you salvation in Christ.
Pray with me: Lord I know I have sinned against you but I apologize and I want to be saved through the blood of Christ forgive me and guide me towards your kingdom God . God help me to walk away from my sin and walk with your righteousness. In Jesus name amen 🙏
Watch this video if you don’t understand. ua-cam.com/video/TCSUKIhjevo/v-deo.html
Thank you!! I was able to diagnose and fix the problem easily with this video! Saved me a trip to the bike shop!
You saved me $65! Thank you!
It's helpful very much thank you
In kenya you'll pay about 5$ ngl
@ryan ashley Awwwwwwwww noooooo.... someone insult kenya now I sad. Bro shut up no one asked
Instead of “Bill Nye the Science Guy” it’s “Rj the bike guy”
Just wanted to say this a great video that helps you diagnose a problem like gear shifting with a systematic list of probable culprits. This is what you need before you spend money on the wrong part/component. Just what the Doctor ordered. Thank you.
This is the best video I've seen with adjusting the derailleur..I'll be trying these to see if I could fix my issue
THANK YOU!!!!!! 😁👍 My kids are happy and they're impressed with mama!!
Feeling proactive, I decided to lightly tighten all of the screws on my new bike.
For some reason, my bike would no longer shift gears and I was stumped~
Little did I know, the screws at 5:24 are not supposed to screw in all the way!
I can shift gears again after correcting my earlier mistake.
Thank you for the video!
My bike wouldn't shift into all of the gears. it would be stuck on the finer shifter side (idk the correct name) in 5th. The left side worked perfect. After watching this video I messed with my bike a little and now it works like a charm. I think a thank you is in order.
Exactly the sameee
your the olny person that helped me with my problem
Best video I've seen on YT to fix this problem, well done sir!
Good video. Turns out there are actually four reasons your shifts may not work:
1: shifters
2: derailleur
3: cables
4: user error
Glad this is the first video UA-cam suggested cause you help me define my problem where left shift handle wasnt responding due to it needing lubrication. Had me worried!
Thanks dude! Took so much time messing with the derailer but thanks to you I realized it was the wire itself. Thumbs up!
This video just helped me out today. I just bought a Trek Verve 1. The front shifter was not shifting off Gear 1. (has 3 gears) I tried the screws didnt help. Pulled manually on cable bingo..it shifted. So I determined the builder didnt pull the cable tight enough. Found allen screw at end of cable. Loosened it and pulled cable tighter with needle nose pliers and tightened it back. Fixed..gears shifting now.
Yo thank you so much!!!! Your comment solved my problem as well!!!!
One day I wanted to clean my bike and decided to also tighten all the screws I can see, such a bad idea I did not know what the were for, thanks to this video I was able to readjust all my gears and wires
Gets right down to it! Great explanations. I went right out and fixed my bike`s shifting! What else matters?
I thought my Shimano 600 rear derailleur was worn out. Wouldnt shift into 2 highest gears. A thorough cleaning and its now working great again!
You bloody legend, so underrated my favourite step by step channel
Thanks for this video- very thorough, very detailed, easy to understand. This is a big help, I'll be running through these tests tomorrow on both my problem children who don't want to shift! Hopefully I'll be able to fix their issues with shifting.
The part about the derailleur was extremely helpful. Thank you very much!
Thanks RJ The Bike Guy! This was another GREAT video! Tomorrow I'm going to work on fine-tuning the gear shifting so I can get the chain to the lowest gear.
I watched half of this video and I learned so much😂😂💯
Your video taught me so much about my mountain bike. I’ve never worked on one before (its a 21 speed) and my front derailleur was stuck on the small cog. I loosened up the tension on the cage so that i could physically move my chain over to the middle cog because there were no tension in my gears while switching up and down. Now i have great tension and they are changing at least a little. I can’t get the front derailleur to switch between cogs... any tips? For now it at least works on one cog, but i would like it to work completely 😂
Can't tell you without working on the bike. Go though the video.
Thank you so much for this, recently bought my girl a bike and it wouldn’t shift onto the large front gear, now I know what I’m at least looking for, I never owned bikes with shifters as a kid so I was never familiar with how they operated
Thanks RJ. Had a bike in my workshop yesterday for a service, my first job i replaced all the cables🤑🤑🤑
Thanks man, saved me a repair bill for something so simple
Man thank you so much. I have Shimano shifters and I just went an flooded the shifter with WD40 and it worked. Thank you!
Follow up with a good lubricant like Tri Flow.
Good infomation bigman. Thanks.
Changed my back tire frontier first-time on my own and my gears won't shift properly now. Going to watch this more in depth. Hopefully ai n can figure it out
Thank you for this video! I was spending a couple hours trying to figure out what was wrong and it was those darn limit screws! This was a really good video!
Hello, I'm genuinely curious, what's the name or details of your drop bar brakes and shifters? and how much are they? I'm planning to make my mtb i got from my birthday a few months ago become a dropbar, but I don't know how to change the cables so I'll just switch the cables into new brakes or shifters but yeah i have this problem on my mtb where i cannot shift down to the smallest cog and the biggest front derailleur.
This was a very informative and useful video!
Yes i do agree and i change the cables when i have bike in for servicing but this trike is new 6 weeks old, one is not jumping to conclusions that a cable need replacing. But we got there and all sorted
Thank you so much my dad got these bikes for free because the gears didn't work and now all the gears work.
I replaced my cable (Bell 4-cable box from Walmart) and rear derailleur works fine now. Also, the rear clamp had a groove that would not clamp the cable but slid on it. Had to wrap the cable around the clamp, works fine now.
We fixed the bike thanks to you.
Manually changing the gears like you showed actually helped kick mine back into place so thank you for the tip!
This video was the best by far on UA-cam thanks for the help!!
Well done video. My Shimano Revoshift 7 speed was making a slight noise when pedalling except in the very high gears and very low gears. I decided to adjust it according to the manual provide with the bike (huffy Sienna).Well, I made things worse. I went from a bit of noise with a full range of gears, down to 1 gear. This video filled in some blanks in the manual by explaining how the high and low adjustment screws function on the rear derailleur. Thanks.
I've been having the same issue with mine!
This is very informative but not what I was needing but I will keep it in mind
Thank you so much, this video stopped me from bringing my bike to a bike shop
Thanks for the great videos! When I press the right hand shifter (for rear) to shift up to the highest gear, sometime I press it all the way but it doesn’t seem to grip the cable. So, it doesn’t shift. Any suggestions? Thanks again.
ua-cam.com/video/rOxK9TZaevY/v-deo.html
Can changing the gears too often cause damage? Sometimes I’ll skip from gear 4 to 7 and I’m wondering if I’m screwing up my bike. Thanks.
The best overview video. Great camera angles. Very easy to hear and understand audio. Great extra links!
Excellent! Pedagogical and educational. 5/5 stars!
Thanks! Fixed my problem. Just had to loosen the screws and it worked like a charm.
For real
This video help me fix a used bike that I bought. Thank you!!!
Thanks man I was so frustrated... My cycle won't go to highest gear .. adjusted the high limit. . I am good to go ..thanks
You are the best. Question: when adjusting rear derailleur what will be the chain position on front cassette and what position shiftier setting high or lowest gear? Thanks
Try both.
Great video, very informative. This man knows his bikes!
do you have a video on how to fix the 1st gear. it keeps falling down to the 2nd gear. and it makes a grinding noise
my shifters will not allow me to switch out of gear 6. I feel it pulling on the string when I try to shift up to 7, but It won't shift. moreover, the shifters will not allow me to even try to switch into any lower gear. any advice?
jared swartz same mine won't to
Same with me
Your gear is locked
Same problem
No one replyed about solving the problem or what may be, all were, "yeah mine too" we know that yours have problems too, but whats the problem and how to solve it ?
Very helpful. Thank you.
Don't understand the downvotes. Some people.
Great video - helped me fix my bike not changing to the top 2 gears (was a combo of the first 2 points)
What a brilliant, clearly explained video.
RJ I am having a problem with a 7 speed trike, tightening the cable is is allowing to get on to the big gear 7 but i dont seem to be able to get higher than gear 3 i have adjusted the index screw but making no difference. all quite new equipment. the shifter is working ok.
Loosening the cable lets me get down the gears.
Go through the video and isolate the issue. I can't tell you the cause without working on the bike.
I have shimano sora shifters. The chain moves ok from small to larger cogs, but jumps directly to the smallest cog when I down shift. Derailleur, chain and cassette are brand new. My mechanic says that the right shifter is the culprit since it's badly corroded and needs replacement. But that's expensive and not worth it. Any alternative on how to fix this issue?
Worth a try: ua-cam.com/video/rOxK9TZaevY/v-deo.html
Great! Managed to fix two bikes thanks to this
Great to hear!
Great! Fixed the problem with three turns of my lower limit on the derailleur
My bike's shifter on the right side at the handles bars won't budge, the left side one will, but neither seems to change a single thing and even manually moved the thing in the video at the pedals/ chain goes through and it feels kinda tight.
I adjusted the screws, and even tried reseating the cable, no change. Any advice? Is my cable just flat out in need of replacement or something else?
Thanks for this video! It showed me that I have an issue with the high-limiting screw.
Hi RJ, my gravel/commuter is having some rear shifting problems. I put a new derailler on a few months ago and changed the cable, and oiled the levers. I cracked the old rear derailler. Recently the problem i am having is it shifts up to the big rear cogs fine but going down to the smaller cogs it won't shift, then i click a second time and it double shifts- skipping over and shifting to the proper gear 2 down. So what i do is i shift to the smaller cog twice and then shift back up to the bigger cog, since shifting up has no problem. Weird. I am going to degrease the spring and insides of the rear derailler right now then oil it. I also just measured my chain, over 2400 miles on it, and it is now stretched, so i will replace that too. We'll know by tomorrow when i have everything put back together, cleaned and greased. What do you think? Have you seen this symptom before? I will also check the straightness of the rear arm.
Yeah, and you gotta work the problem. It can be any one of the things in the video, or a combination of them.
@@RJTheBikeGuy ok, after bike to work week, 220km ending yesterday, i needed to change my front brake pads, cleaned the front pistons, cassette and chain rings. Changed the chain, oiled, cleaned. And i also wd40'd the rear derailler and cleaned it with a pick and rag. Oiled all the pins. Moves very nice. Quick spin and it shifts real nice, but one gear might still skip. I will take it 5 miles tonight and then 100km to work next week, so we'll see.
Fast , quick and precise video. Thanks for that
Thankyou very much for the extremely useful video
I know this is 7 years old but I have a potentially dumb question about this: When my bike is propped up and I'm checking to see if the gears change, they do so with no problem, but then I have issues changing gears when I'm actually riding the bike, I'm on the slightly heavier side, I weigh about 115KG at the moment. My gear issue basically is, on the front gears, it won't go down from 2 to 1 unless I get off the bike and manually pedal it with no weigh on it, and then after that it won't go back from 1 to 2, only from 1 to 3, and then I have to shift down from 3 to 2. I hope this doesn't sound very confusing, but yeah, yesterday I was biking and I ended up pinching the chain to the point where one of the links was bent almost at 30 degrees, I had to bend it back with pincers at a family member's place and then ride back home with huge paranoia on my head
i think your video was very informative.. my bikes gears wont shift they will but its really hard to get them to shift anyways ty for makeing this video
my gear system is messed up...can u please help me? i just need the gear to be in gear 2...how to set the chain in one particular gear if i dont want to shift up or down?
What is the problem when it shifts to lower but there is a delay coming back to higher? I would believe: cable is stuck in the outer cable or the derailler is gunked. But I am not sure.
Would this work on a 3 wheeler?
Brilliant mate sorted my bike right out Thankyou very much
Hey I want to thank you cause of your video I was able to fix my MTB and its gear
Thank you so much! You gave super clear instructions that I can’t wait to try. What do you put your bikes up on to work on? Anything I might already have? I’ll google it too.
I use a bike repair stand in most cases.
Bro, all of my gears work now. Thank you!