Sram rival shifting issue

[Scott roy]

Evening

I’m having some trouble with my sram rival shifters. I fitted a new integrated barstem on my road bike the other day and ever since then I am unable to upshift on the rd or downshift on the fd (in other words only the small inner shifter paddle/lever works) I’m assuming the issue is caused by my fiddling around with the shifters between handlebars. It must be something I did since they were working before I fitted the new handlebars. I have very little knowledge about roadie stuff and can’t fathom why this could be happening, any advice would be greatly appreciate  

Edited December 30, 2024 by Scott roy

[David Marshall]

Sounds like a cable/housing or routing issue but as it is a bicycle it could be something else.

[Scott roy]

41 minutes ago, David Marshall said:

Sounds like a cable/housing or routing issue but as it is a bicycle it could be something else.

It’s absolutely rock solid, won’t move a millimetre. Even if I downshift which should in that case should leave some slack 

[Bike Dewing]

If your new bars are causing your shifter to sit in a different position to the old ones the tension on your cables is going to be incorrect to function properly.. 

would be my first guess..

advice: just take it in.. you might fight with it for hours(I have done this) and then end up taking it in anyways where as your local will just sort it out quick sticks.. or they’ll pick up if anything else is wrong and advise from there.. 🤘🏻😉👍🏻

[Scott roy]

1 hour ago, Bike Dewing said:

If your new bars are causing your shifter to sit in a different position to the old ones the tension on your cables is going to be incorrect to function properly.. 

would be my first guess..

advice: just take it in.. you might fight with it for hours(I have done this) and then end up taking it in anyways where as your local will just sort it out quick sticks.. or they’ll pick up if anything else is wrong and advise from there.. 🤘🏻😉👍🏻

The position is roughly the same, but my thinking is even if it was somewhat out that would just make for poor shifting instead of absolutely nothing? 
 

unfortunately where I am, there is no bike shops and so on

[Bike Dewing]

8 minutes ago, Scott roy said:

The position is roughly the same, but my thinking is even if it was somewhat out that would just make for poor shifting instead of absolutely nothing? 
 

unfortunately where I am, there is no bike shops and so on

Don’t fiddle if there are no bike shops near by😳

I had a front derailleur that wasn’t shifting into the big ring and it was a case of loosening the screw pulling the cable tight with some players and adjusting the limit screws.. 

I got lucky because it’s just happened again and I couldn’t sort it out.. took it in.. deraileur was trashed..