Skipping gears on brand new Triban T3

[Darren Jeffrey]

Hi,

Had my new T3 a couple of weeks and cycled on it to work (14miles) nearly every day since I've owned it.

I started noticing a couple of days ago than when I'm on the middle front ring and on the top 2 on the back ring I get a constant clicking noise. It almost sounds like the gear hasn't engaged properly.

Then today I was cycling home in the pouring rain and I've had the gears skip on me when I'm on the smallest of the front rings and the middle two rings on the back ring. It was almost like it was jumping up and down between two gears. Would this maybe be due to the rain making it slide?

Any help would be gratefully received

DJ

 

[PpPete]

Most likely the cable has stretched so it's no longer indexing properly.
Anticlockwise on the barrel adjuster for the rear derailleur. Half a turn at a time until it works "as new" again.

 

[Lee_M]

check your cable tension, its likely that they have stretched and need adjusting

you may also need to tweak your set up to get the best balance on gears at either extreme

 

[Lee_M]

damn beaten to it!

 

[Darren Jeffrey]

Ha Ha

Thanks guys appreciate the advice