STI problem
somekindofwizard
Posts: 120
Hi,
When I was doing the London to Brighton ordeal at the weekend, I was becoming slightly chuffed as I was the only one of my party who hadn't had an off. This changed going up Ditchling, just come over a steep bit and trying to increase the pace over the less steeper parts when a guy decided that that was the time to swerve/lurch across the road in front of me, I then slammed the anchors on, forgot I was clipped in and ended up in the grass wall on the right.
Net result it the STI for my double has been slightly damaged, it still shifts but now feels floppy to start with. Looking closer I could see the entire mechanism seems to have been forced to the left so when pushint the levers, the first bit of pressure puts them into the right location ready to shift.
Has anyone experienced a similar problem? It still shift but I would like to fix it if possible, or is a new STI the only way?
Does anyone know what I am talking about?!
Thanks for all help!
When I was doing the London to Brighton ordeal at the weekend, I was becoming slightly chuffed as I was the only one of my party who hadn't had an off. This changed going up Ditchling, just come over a steep bit and trying to increase the pace over the less steeper parts when a guy decided that that was the time to swerve/lurch across the road in front of me, I then slammed the anchors on, forgot I was clipped in and ended up in the grass wall on the right.
Net result it the STI for my double has been slightly damaged, it still shifts but now feels floppy to start with. Looking closer I could see the entire mechanism seems to have been forced to the left so when pushint the levers, the first bit of pressure puts them into the right location ready to shift.
Has anyone experienced a similar problem? It still shift but I would like to fix it if possible, or is a new STI the only way?
Does anyone know what I am talking about?!
Thanks for all help!
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Sadly, there's very little within an STI that's user-serviceable - sounds like the housing or one of the pivots or seats that's been damaged. Luckily it's still working, but when and if it stops working, you're only real choice is a new lever.0
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Monty Dog</i>
Sadly, there's very little within an STI that's user-serviceable - sounds like the housing or one of the pivots or seats that's been damaged. Luckily it's still working, but when and if it stops working, you're only real choice is a new lever.
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@rse, was hoping this wasn't the case, is it possible just to but the single STI? I can only find them as part of a set.0 -
it's nice to know there's a good kind of STI as well as the kind you go to the clinic for...
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www.chainreactioncycles.com tend to sell them singly.0
