Halfords Help Carrera Virtuoso
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perfectly normal i believe ,,i have to do the same and keep pressure on the lever until the chain jumps to the big ring ,its not a click and select thing
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Maybe I’m expecting more from a brand new modern £380 road bike, to me, that’s allot of money. Especially when my £60, 20+ Year old, steel bike changed smoother. (Recently had its funeral)
yes it is a lot of money,
on my good bike i have sora shifters a dura ace rear mech,campag veloce front mech and and sram cassette ,a right hotch potch of parts but the important thing is it changes very smooth and its pretty much silent and all works together very well,however as u said when selecting the big ring at the front (105 cranks btw
),i press the shifter once and it clicks and the front mech moves across a wee bit but the chain doesnt jump onto the big ring ,it just kinda rubs on the front mech /inside face of the big ring while still engaging the inner ring .
to get it to move across fully i have to push the shifter again and keep it pressed for a few seconds until the chain jumps onto the big ring fully then i release the lever and it rides normally (dunno if its sora specific ),remember its kinda fighting gravity so it wont just fall onto it and as far as im aware most are like this ,.the only exception i believe is di2 shifting which is proper one click and shift (but thats a whole diff system and very expensive -over a thousand pounds i believe and that doesnt include the bike !thats just the shifting gear! but down changes should b perfect and pretty quiet as the chain is just falling onto a smaller ring
on my good bike i have sora shifters a dura ace rear mech,campag veloce front mech and and sram cassette ,a right hotch potch of parts but the important thing is it changes very smooth and its pretty much silent and all works together very well,however as u said when selecting the big ring at the front (105 cranks btw
),i press the shifter once and it clicks and the front mech moves across a wee bit but the chain doesnt jump onto the big ring ,it just kinda rubs on the front mech /inside face of the big ring while still engaging the inner ring .to get it to move across fully i have to push the shifter again and keep it pressed for a few seconds until the chain jumps onto the big ring fully then i release the lever and it rides normally (dunno if its sora specific ),remember its kinda fighting gravity so it wont just fall onto it and as far as im aware most are like this ,.the only exception i believe is di2 shifting which is proper one click and shift (but thats a whole diff system and very expensive -over a thousand pounds i believe and that doesnt include the bike !thats just the shifting gear! but down changes should b perfect and pretty quiet as the chain is just falling onto a smaller ring
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TBH, that's not a lot of money for a road bike but regardless, you should have a bike that works properly and changes gear smoothly. On my soon to be sold £300 bike the gears work flawlessly, that's after the LBS saw to them (I believe your bike has the same groupset as mine).
FWIW, you shouldn't have to put any more effort into selecting any gear, front or rear, big or small.
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Peteaud
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It does not matter what level of bike / shifters you have, they should and will work fine.
Fair enough the expensive high end stuff is pretty slick, but even the lowest shifters / mech will change with no trouble.
The better halfs cheap MTB with Tourney shifts perfectly, every time.
cost does not mean it wont work.
Fair enough the expensive high end stuff is pretty slick, but even the lowest shifters / mech will change with no trouble.
The better halfs cheap MTB with Tourney shifts perfectly, every time.
cost does not mean it wont work.
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Peter Armstrong
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P.S I took "Kate" the Carrera out for a spin up blackstone Edge, Rochdale and she was a smooth as a babies bum. A little on the heavy side for the hill climbing but overall I was very happy with the experience.
http://app.strava.com/activities/41388521
For the price, I actualy quite happy. one day ill get a proper fitting, £1000 + bike, ow how I dream.................
uphillstruggler
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you should have hung out for a voucher at least, you can always use them for tyres etc.
still, good luck with the bike, i am sure that it will serve you well
It should be a click and select thing. If you have to hold it the the tension needs adjusting - they get slack over time anyway.
Is it ? I'm fitting a new compact tonite so il have it in bits anyway il adjust it prop
It should be yeah. Doesn't matter if you run expensive kit like SRAM Red or cheap kit like Shimano Tourney. If it's not engaging properly as you use the shifter (either a twist grip or an STI lever) then you need to sort it out but it only takes 2 seconds to do. There are umpteen YouTube tutorials on it. Even I managed to do it and I've got the mechanical know-how of a rock.
cyberknight
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I have a virtuoso and a boardman, apart from the boardman having a few more gears and being lighter there is not that much difference in average speed over the same routes as its rider weight and fitness that have the most bearing on how fast you will .Not that i am saying you need to lose weight but its a lot easier nd cheaper to lose a couple of pounds yourself rather than spending hundreds +extra to save sa smilar amount.maybe .
As far as bike fit goes both my bikes are set up the same to with a mm or so , a good fit should not be based on price as all bikes have the same 3 contact points .
dicovered the source of my mis shifting tonite ,it is a campag front mech and sora shifters,app when the mech was setting it up for a compact he said its because of the mech ,campag mechs/shifters have a diff throw than a shimano unit he got it running the way it was but im on the lookout for a shimano front mech to get it spot on ,theres still a wee bit of chain rub (on the mech )at the extremes (big to big -small to small ),but its set up as good as it can be he said the shimano units have a slightly bigger opening and theres a bit more space around the chain,he said any shimano unit would do as theyr all pretty much indexed the same (apart from dura ace ),im not fussed what i get but im not too sure of the shimano heirarchy ,what is the steps ,i fancy either tiagra or ultegra as they look the biz but its 105 cranks and sora shifters ,so anything really