Poor shifting, check your cables

[Christopher Brunsdon]

So I had some shifting problems recently after I just fitted my new chain. Originally thought it was a bit tight and needed some "exercise" to loosen up, 100km later and shifting was getting worse.

 

I then thought my front dérailleur had eventually decided to die on me, oh what, it served me well. Then today it got worse and worse and then ... snap, my front shifting cable broke. Luckily it was just as I passed my wifes parked car (now thats luck).

 

Anyway, so I inspect the cable and it was frayed and full of gunk, no wonder my shifting was shot. I had the same issue on my motor bikes accelerator years ago.

 

So put in a new cable tonight, but actually swapped the rear cable with the front and fitted the new cable for the rear as the rear had some kinks in it. Both cables where clean and shifting was magic. It was so nice

 

I must say that installing and setting my gears was a breeze now that my shifting was perfect again.

 

So next time you suffer from poor shifting, check your cables. Its only R25 an inner (R15 if you shop around) but it makes a massive difference.

[Meezo]

So next time you suffer from poor shifting, check your cables. Its only R25 an inner (R15 if you shop around) but it makes a massive difference.

 

Thought you were gonna say so next time we suffer from poor shifting, we must bring the bike to you to sort out....

 

WELL DONE!!! :clap:

[Dubber88]

You will be surprised how many people blame mechanical parts and upgrade to better components while their cables are rotten...( what happened to me )

 

I would say this is something that is looked over very easy and makes one hell of a difference when maintained, and like you said it's very cheap

[Christopher Brunsdon]

Could not believe how awesome it was to commute to work on a bicycle that could shift properly again. I do some hectic uphills and even testing some shifting up and down on the most hardcore parts (gradient of > 10%) - no problems.

 

Yup, I'm now adding inspect gears to my monthly check list.