cat-i Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 Removed the bubblewrap (from the Argus) the other day from my roadbike, dusted it, & rode the OFM. Noticed that the gears would not change from the big chainring to the smaller one. (It was fine on the Argus; I just never used the bike in the meantime.) Totally forgot about it .... & now it's too late to try get space at a cycleshop to get it fixed Will need the smaller chainring on Sunday for the hill next to my house. Any suggestions about things that i can try to fix this myself??
Cois Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 As jy in Pretoria is kan jy dit na my toe bring, dan sal ek dit kan fix. Ek is more die hele middag tuis. Gaan juis my fiets fix. Anders as jy 'n DIY is: vat bietjie Chain Lube en squit so bitjeiop die kabels. As jy van daai draai goedjies by die shifters het twist hulle tot hy in die rat ingaan. PM my maar as jy nie reg kom nie.
cat-i Posted November 15, 2006 Author Posted November 15, 2006 dankie maar ek's in jozi, en werk in die middae sal kyk of die chainlube die ding doen.
Cois Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 Ouch. Dit gaan nie so maklik wees nie.Sorry sou graag wou help.Ander try google. Sal verbaas wees wat jy online kan leer...
TheLegend Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 cat-i maybe ask one of the girls if they can give you the one or other tip
TheLegend Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 One of the girls? anyone??not anyone. one with some technical know how.otherwise you'll have to do the race on the big chainring. will make them muscles grow!
Cois Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 moet 'n fiets eintlik meer as een chain ring h?
cat-i Posted November 15, 2006 Author Posted November 15, 2006 otherwise you'll have to do the race on the big chainring. will make them muscles grow!no, Legend, that will never do! i was in the small chainring all the way on the OFM - even on the freeway with the wind in my back ... i'm a mountainbiker and need all the granny-gears that i can lay my feet on!
pererace70 Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 Hi Cat-i, If it's Shimano you can go to their website and get the documentation on how to adjust the d?railleur. Otherwise, take a screw driver and adjust the screws on the d?railleur (usually the inner screw and usually anti-clockwise for changing down - but I suggest you get the documentation) Don't turn more than a quarter turn at a time, if you do you can adjust it too much which will result in the chain popping off (which just sucks!) Change up and down with the lever while turning the pedals until it changes to the small ring. If it doesn't turn the screw again... Before I knew what I was doing I'd just turn either screw different directions until I had a smooth bike... But I don't advise that method! If I make no sense, I'm sorry, I tried my best
TheLegend Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 moet 'n fiets eintlik meer as een chain ring h? no!I'm totally fine with my 42 in front! ;-)
Muis Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 Seeing that you need a woman's advice, here goes.Firts of all if it doesn't want to change from the one chainring to the other, it is problem with the derailleur, not the chainring. It could be have been bent on the way home from the Argus or something.The best would be te try and reset your derailleur from scratch and see what happens. If it doesn't work, you will have to ride with only one chainring sunday.If you know how to do it, it is not difficuilt, but a little long to explain here. Get a decent book on do it yourself bikefixing, maybe it will help. Just my humble womanly opinion.
cat-i Posted November 15, 2006 Author Posted November 15, 2006 fixed! the cables rusted inside the housing. Chain lubed un-rusted it. And if it gets stuck during the rae, I'll know which cable to pull to make it come unstuck.thanx for all the help!
Cois Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 Gedink dit sal die probleem gewees het. Ons is al seker almal deur daai een
cat-i Posted November 15, 2006 Author Posted November 15, 2006 Gedink dit sal die probleem gewees het. Ons is al seker almal deur daai eendankie dis oor ek so min met hom ry en ek het my nuwe lig nou op my MTB gesit. daar's nog plek vir een "gadget" op die handlebars langs die 2 ligte, die cat-eye en die klokkie. wat stel jy voor?
cat-i Posted November 15, 2006 Author Posted November 15, 2006 Seeing that you need a woman's advice' date=' here goes.... Just my humble womanly opinion.[/quote'] Hi Muisi am female ... my usual i-don't-know-how-to-do-it worked once again ... i just asked, & got 20 suggestions ... and got it fixed! so no need to buy that do-it-yourself-book yet
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