Gears are clicking.

[Goonerchamp]

Hello everyone.

I have an 18 gear road bike and cannot use the 17th and 18th gears properly. Everytime I go into these gears at the start of a run or up a hill, they click and continue to click. This happens when I start or after I have stopped for traffic lights, traffic, etc and also when I go uphill.

When I have got a bit of speed up using the 16th gear I can then go into 17 and 18 fine as long as I don't stop or go uphill. It is only when I apply pressure to 17 and 18 do the gears start to click.

Any ideas as to the reason(s) why and any possible resolutions?

Kind regards,

Goonerchamp.

 

[PeterD]

Hi
Could be the cable has stretched -- what shifters are you using ? I'd advise you to get the bike on a stand and re-adjust the rear mech settings, going through all the gears as a starter.

peter

 

[Rouge Penguin]

Are you competent with tools?

Sounds like either a warn chain, cassette, both, or a slight adjustment on the mech. Have you got a chain checker tool?

 

[mightyquin]

Hi,

It may be just a simple adjustment of the cable going into the rear mech. You turn the adjuster left/right as required to realign the chain.

I can't explain it very well, but was shown how to do it at a bike workshop demo for 'newbies'. You should find some tutorials on You Tube as well.

 

[Brommyboy]

It could also be that the inward 'stop' is not correctly adjusted. This is the little screw marked L at the rear of the derrailleur, next to the one marked H. Try turning it a half turn - it can easily be put back if that is not the problem.