Question on gears

[gbb]

As an example of how it hurts, i built a roadbike 2 years ago, and used a short seatpost i had to hand.
Not being able to set it as i would normally, i just made do temporarily.

Flaming heck...the tops of my thighs burned like nothing on earth, and i changed the seatpost for a correct length one, pronto.

I didnt imagine the painful effect a low saddle would have.

 

[GrasB]

No real point in saying any more about finding the right saddle hight as it's all ready ben covered but ignore where your handle bars are compared to the saddle, that's to do with the length of your arms & torso against the frame. It's also comfort v's performance as roughly speaking the higher the handle bars the more comfortable you'll feel on the bike & the lower the faster you'll go for the same effort. But don't worry about that for now, as you're new to cycling because you're comfortable on the bike you can ride faster & aero considerations be damned. Get the right saddle height & you'll be more comfortable on the bike.

 

[jimboalee]

Not a very encouraging kind of remark. You may be a top quality cyclist with years in your legs, but to someone as new to cycling as Mrs Fry, the slightest incline can feel like hell. Try and remember we were all beginners once.

Ov yer ever bin to Tammuth? It's flat, and Mrs Fry knows it.... except for Glascut, Twogits and Dostil...

It's about as flat as York when you approach through Fazeley.

I'll describe her route, mile by mile if you'd like.

The steepest hill is past the castle entrance, Holloway, at about 4%.
Mrs Fry's bike is a ladies MTB with gears down in the twenties.

On Sundays, the kids with their stabilisers ride round the Castle Pleasure grounds and up the Holloway, so I personally can’t see any reason why Mrs Fry couldn’t get up there on the little ring.


Selective editing. You can't beat it to drag someone through the dirt.

Read the second paragraph in my message folks. I say the 'bike is the ticket’.

Oh, and Mr Fry, get some speed up and sprint past Drayton Manor Park. You never know if one of the lions has escaped …..

 

[summerdays]

No - I agree with Arch ... when you first get on a bike after not cycling for a long time, if its not downhill its hard work ... after a week or two these enormous mountains start to flatten out as your muscles start to acclimatise to the new regime. It also depends on how tired you are when you reach that hill.

Eventually you can even get to the point where you enjoy some of these slight slopes.... however I still hate hills and I'm really slow at them - 4mph sometimes.

 

[potsy]

No - I agree with Arch ... when you first get on a bike after not cycling for a long time, if its not downhill its hard work ... after a week or two these enormous mountains start to flatten out as your muscles start to acclimatise to the new regime. It also depends on how tired you are when you reach that hill.

Eventually you can even get to the point where you enjoy some of these slight slopes.... however I still hate hills and I'm really slow at them - 4mph sometimes.

Still waiting for this to happen to me.My main hill on commute -
1st 2 weeks or so-stop almost straight away and walk it.
3 weeks in-cycle half way up then walk.
Now cycle all the way up about 6-7mph granny ring + lowest or second lowest on cassette.Get to top and carry on slowly for 1/4 mile then I'm OK again.

 

[mrs fry]

Had major trouble with the gears today. All of them made horrible noises. My bike rattles constantly. I feel a bit nervous.

 

[Debian]

Had major trouble with the gears today. All of them made horrible noises. My bike rattles constantly. I feel a bit nervous.

The shifter mechanisms (deraileurs) need adjusting. The chain is rubbing on the adjacent gear ring hence the rattle.

Bike shop is best if this is the first time you've done it unless you know someone who has done this before?

 

[Debian]

These videos might help:

http://bicycletutor.com/adjust-front-derailer/

http://bicycletutor.com/adjust-rear-derailleur/

 

[mrs fry]

The shifter mechanisms (deraileurs) need adjusting. The chain is rubbing on the adjacent gear ring hence the rattle.

Bike shop is best if this is the first time you've done it unless you know someone who has done this before?

This is the problem, I work Monday to Friday til the evening and no one I know knows anything about bikes, and the bike is my only transport.

 

[potsy]

Had major trouble with the gears today. All of them made horrible noises. My bike rattles constantly. I feel a bit nervous.

This quote should be placed on all adverts for Halfords

 

[mrs fry]

I'm feeling really downhearted at the moment. I was almost crying on the way home, it was so difficult today, didn't think I would make it.

 

[cyberknight]

Got a funeral to go to this weekend or i would offer to come and have a look

Anyone else local got time poke the gears ?

 

[Debian]

Got a funeral to go to this weekend or i would offer to come and have a look

Anyone else local got time poke the gears ?

This is the answer. There must be a CC'er local to Tamworth?

 

[mrs fry]

Come on, help a newbie

 

[cyberknight]

I will keep an eye as the funeral is nearly 300 miles away it is 50/50 whether i can go .

If i cannot make the funeral and no one else can come i will be happy to come and have a fettle.