Rhyagelle
Member
Hello,
Last year I crashed my bike and hurt myself pretty bad, though the bike escaped it relatively well (only 1 piece got bent). I left the bike in storage and finally came off of therapy around Oct of 2021 fit. I wanted to get my bike going again, and replaced the piece that was snapped on it (nothing else seemed to be an issue). It was the hanger piece in the back, that holds the rear derailleur to the bike itself. I made sure it was the right piece for my bike, by contacting the place I bought the bike and Polygon. They both confirmed that was it. I replaced it and put it all back together.
My first round of headaches began with a really loud, annoying noise trying to pedal. I fixed that by re-attaching the wheel on. My next headache began with the front derailleur cage. My chain is hitting the bottom of it, and I can't seem to shift the clamp for the cage and further down to improve this. I was pointed out to try shifting so that the bike isn't on both smallest cogs on rear and front, and when I tried to do that, the front gear wouldn't shift. It allows me to "move" it on the shifter by the handles (I see it moving) but it won't actually shift to any gears on the front, so it's stuck.
So those are my 2 current issues. I have no idea what to do. I've watched Park Tool videos on adjusting derailleurs, but it hasn't helped at all. Anyone know what I could be doing wrong? I left a video of the noise it's making and pictures of the chain lying on the cage. Beyond that, I don't know how to capture images/videos of the issue of it not shifting.
(I do not live near any bike repair shops, so unfortunately that is out of the question for me)
Thank you for reading~
Last year I crashed my bike and hurt myself pretty bad, though the bike escaped it relatively well (only 1 piece got bent). I left the bike in storage and finally came off of therapy around Oct of 2021 fit. I wanted to get my bike going again, and replaced the piece that was snapped on it (nothing else seemed to be an issue). It was the hanger piece in the back, that holds the rear derailleur to the bike itself. I made sure it was the right piece for my bike, by contacting the place I bought the bike and Polygon. They both confirmed that was it. I replaced it and put it all back together.
My first round of headaches began with a really loud, annoying noise trying to pedal. I fixed that by re-attaching the wheel on. My next headache began with the front derailleur cage. My chain is hitting the bottom of it, and I can't seem to shift the clamp for the cage and further down to improve this. I was pointed out to try shifting so that the bike isn't on both smallest cogs on rear and front, and when I tried to do that, the front gear wouldn't shift. It allows me to "move" it on the shifter by the handles (I see it moving) but it won't actually shift to any gears on the front, so it's stuck.
So those are my 2 current issues. I have no idea what to do. I've watched Park Tool videos on adjusting derailleurs, but it hasn't helped at all. Anyone know what I could be doing wrong? I left a video of the noise it's making and pictures of the chain lying on the cage. Beyond that, I don't know how to capture images/videos of the issue of it not shifting.
(yes, the bike is a bit dirty. I haven't used it since the crash lol)
(I do not live near any bike repair shops, so unfortunately that is out of the question for me)
Thank you for reading~
Sounds as if your front derailleur (FD) has slipped lower on the seat tube in the crash (glad you're back on your bike). Unclamp the cable, loosen the bolt which tightens the band around the tube and slide it up. Manually push the cage across above the large chainring and set and secure the FD band at a vertical position which allows 1-2mm between the bottom of the cage and the teeth of the chainring. Reset the FD in the normal way.
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