Newbie silly question.. again.

[narrowangle]

I'm being lazy cos i guess i need to get out and just look my bike over but...

Got dropped off at work in car... bike in back. New Dolan Mythos. Have ridden it maybe 4 times and am getting used to it... love it.
Anyhow as i set off i realised i couldn't shift from small cog on front to big cog. I've got Shimano 105's. No problem last few rides. I stopped and adjusted gear and ended up tightening it up a wee bit. Tried again and this time it would shift but wouldnt catch. Didnt want to overtighten it so left it and cycled home on smaller cog and just used gears at back.

So... could i have knowcked it and it just needs tightening further or is it maybe cos i've knowcked derailleur.

I can go back to LBS next week but i have a tri on sunday and want to try and just fix whatever it is i've done. It has to be something simple cos i cycled home from work last week and placed bike on bike hooks and all i've done since is load it in and out of boot. So i feel i must have just knocked something.

Please help with any advice. I intend to do simple bike maintanance course but in meantime you're my lifeline....

 

[RedBike]

I'm not sure from your description what the problem is.

Start off by checking that the front mech is straight (In line with the chainrings) and the cable is still firmly connected to the front mech.

Then add a bit more tension to the cable.
New cables stretch and often need adjusting after the first few rides. The easiest way is to keep turning the barrel adjusters.


If you can't get the adjusters to move far enough then you will need to re-connect the cable.
- Wind all the barrell adjuster all the way in
- change to the smallest cog
- Undo the cable and re-connect taking out most of the slack.
- Wind the barrell adjusters out to take out the remaining slack.

 

[TVC]

This place should tell you about correct adjustments:

http://techdocs.shimano.com/techdoc...older_id=2534374302051113&bmUID=1221589323303

Nice bike by the way.

 

[Paulus]

There is the possiblity that as you had the bike in the back of the car it may of knocked the front mech out of adjustment, or worse, bent it. See the above post to get the info on adjustment.

 

[narrowangle]

Hubby just looked at it on turbo and managed to get it to shift onto big cog but now it won't click back down! Will have to leave work asap tom and get to shop i bought it from. Need it sorting for my tri on sunday. Thanks for help.
Im really upset about it now. Its going to be hard work getting to shop before 4.30 and it closes at 5.30 - i just hope they sort it. They said to bring it in if any probs so ......... is that the norm when you get a new bike... teething problems kinda thing?

 

[narrowangle]

Thanks for comments about bike btw. I love it and think its a good deal at £899. It certainly looks lovely and i was just getting comfy on it too.

 

[Scoosh]

Hubby just looked at it on turbo and managed to get it to shift onto big cog but now it won't click back down! Will have to leave work asap tom and get to shop i bought it from. Need it sorting for my tri on sunday. Thanks for help.
Im really upset about it now. Its going to be hard work getting to shop before 4.30 and it closes at 5.30 - i just hope they sort it. They said to bring it in if any probs so ......... is that the norm when you get a new bike... teething problems kinda thing?

Give them a call and explain about the gears and about your timings. I would expect they will be accomodating.

If need be, pull all the female wiles [he said, about to get into very hot water]
- don't understand these technical things
- it couldn't have been anything I have done .... could it ?
- smile sweetly (again)
- keep husband's existence out of it
- [meant with all the best intentions ] are you blonde ?
- I have a really important triathlon at the weekend and really want to impress
- I've trained so hard for it and my new bike is SO much part of my preparations
- OK, how much to fix it ??



and the last resort ....








Hope it all goes well

 

[Dayvo]

Nice one, scoosh!

If that doesn't do it, nothing will!

 

[shimano]

'scuse me for butting in; I had problems for ages with not being able to get onto the big cog at the front more often than not on my old bike until I was told to ease off on the pressure on the pedals during the change and it worked! no more problems.

 

[narrowangle]

Lol .... i will certainly try all of those Scoosh. Shimano - i have ridden the bike 4 or so times since buying it two weeks ago. Have clocked up probably 50 miles and had no probs getting to big cog. Until today! Just wouldn't shift - as though gears were not working. Hubby tweaked gears and it went up but now black clicker on the shimano 'thing' just moves to the right with no responce. I will have get to bike shop. Formby cycles in southport. Thye were good when i got it and said first service free in 6 weeks but to bring back anytime in meantime if there are issues. I think im more worried about whether they will just sort it as they said to just call in ... but it does take time to get sevred there. Its quite a drive so i will ring first. I have a closer bike shop literally just down road but i'm loathed to pay when its two weeks old.

Loved those Smileys scoosh or cry..ies i should say.

 

[narrowangle]

I must be blonde scoosh as i just realised i ride 16 miles home from work and have done that 4 times.... err... thats more than 50 miles lol
Oh dear!

 

[narrowangle]

Just to let u know - Formy cycles sorted it. Dodgy shimano shifter - unusual apparently. They replaced it.

 

[Scoosh]

Don't forget to let us know how you get on in the triathlon !

NOW you'll have to do some work

Remember the mantra:
"Must keep going - think CC !
Must keep going - think CC !"





Oh and Good Luck, BTW

 

[Scoosh]

Don't forget to let us know how you get on in the triathlon !

Ahem !


OK, you don't need to tell us about the splashy/runny bits but the pedally bit would be good

 

[narrowangle]

Ahhh sorry Scoosh. Was a bit slefish there and didn't check back in once bike was fixed.
Tri went really well knocking two mins off best ever time. Was pleased that the mins came off my run as it meant it wasn't just cos i'd got new bike. However, was surprised my bike wasn't faster. Was maybe 30 seconds faster than 2 years ago (Don't ask about last year - as i had a mare!)
Bike is riding well. Have got used to gears now and sort of to the seat (ouch!) so next step is SPD's. Any recomendations???