New Carerra Fury problems

Indranil

First I would like to thank everybody in BR, specially the BR veterans, to help me make my choice for a new bike. Thanks for answering my repetitive and sometimes silly questions (maybe).
I took it out yesterday for some first time battering and I can't say I am all that happy. Firstly, I could hear a faint 'swish' sound coming from the front tyre while I was on the road. Secondly, the disc brakes make a lot of noise when applied. Last and the most worrying is that it constantly slips some gears while I am riding (even when I am not shifting any gears). Is that a normal behavior for new bikes?

supersonic

Pretty normal! They need to bed in, and then be adjusted. Sounds like the gears need some readjustment - Park Tools have a good guide.

Brakes can take a while to settle down. Assuming they were aligned properly to start...

The noise could be the fork damping, again normal. Or just the noise of the tread on the surface.

Indranil

Thanks a lot again Super!
Can you please point me to some definitive gear readjustment guide like you mentioned. In Park Tool I am not sure which one I should be looking at.

supersonic

http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-hel ... derailleur

The limit screws SHOULD be set ok, but check. Usually these probs are cable tension.

Northwind

With cable tension- just fanny about with it. Turn it a couple of turns one way, then if that doesn't work turn it back, then turn it the other way. Just as long as you remember how many turns you've done, you can't go wrong.

cooldad

Don't turn it a couple of turns. That could have it a cog or two out. Tension the cable correctly and it shouldn't need more than a quarter, maybe half a turn to fine tune the shifting.

Northwind

Ah, you're quite right, my brain's not translating what my fingers are doing- when I think "A couple of turns" actually I mean "a couple of quarter turns"- good catch!

Anonymous

Northwind wrote:

Ah, you're quite right, my brain's not translating what my fingers are doing- when I think "A couple of turns" actually I mean "a couple of quarter turns"- good catch!

I think this is a Celtic thing. I seem to find a lot of Welsh (and Scottish) folk using the term "couple of..." to mean "a few", whereas those pedantic English want us to conform to their strict "couple of... = TWO" meaning

cooldad

So when a 'couple' of Celts have sex, it's actually an orgy?

Anonymous

That's what you quiet little english would think, yes. It's chaos, I tell you.

cooldad

I'm off to check if there's any Celtic blood in the family.

Northwind

cooldad wrote:

I'm off to check if there's any Celtic blood in the family.

You haven't got a good celt in you.
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Would you like one?

cooldad

Kind offer, but I'd prefer a 'couple' of these.

Indranil

My post has been hijacked but with the last picture I can't really complain.
Thanks for all the inputs but I have to admit I am a bit lost here - new to bike DIY you know. A video of what needs to be done would be helpful.

I was trying to put on a chainstay protector on my bike and realized that the gear cable runs along the chainstay. Should the protector go over the gear cable or under it? (sorry for the silly question)

Anonymous

If you're getting a neoprene, lizard skins style chainstay protector, then it goes over the cable.
If you're sticking helitape on it, then it goes under the cable.

Indranil

Thanks yeehaa! I have got the lizard skins chainstay protector.

cooldad

If the cable has an outer at that point inside the lizardskin will work, if it's bare wire, it will not.

Indranil

The gear cable runnin along the chainstay is partly bare wire and partly covered by a small rubber tube 3" long.
So any idea how the lizardskin will work or I have to live without a chainstay protector?

Greer_

Hmmm, I want to know the answer to that! My chainstay protector also goes partly over outer but mainly over the inner wire too :oops: i just put it on without thinking!

benpinnick

it MUST go under the bare wire. If it makes it easier to fit, consider cutting slots in the protector to that it slips under the bare wire, but wraps over the partes sheathed with an outer. It will fit under the wire, and doesnt matter if they touch. Again - do not have the wire under the protector (incase that wasnt clear the first time!)

Greer_

Thanks :oops: silly me :roll:

chedabob

benpinnick wrote:

it MUST go under the bare wire. If it makes it easier to fit, consider cutting slots in the protector to that it slips under the bare wire, but wraps over the partes sheathed with an outer. It will fit under the wire, and doesnt matter if they touch. Again - do not have the wire under the protector (incase that wasnt clear the first time!)

I've had my chainstay protector over the wire for over a year with no issues. As long as you don't zip tie it super tight to the chainstay, it'll be fine.

benpinnick

Depends how and where you ride I guess. As they are neoprene, they are waterproof. This means that when you dunk them in water, they stay nice and damp underneath for a good time, increasing the risk of corrosion and water ingress in the cables. Also, as the cable will be being compressed by the sleeve, that increases both drag on the cable and wear on the sleeve. Putting it the other way round is just as good from a protection of the chainstay perspective, but without the downsides.

cooldad

Have to agree with benpinnick - doesn't need much gunk in a cable to totally screw up upshifting - can't see that friction from the chainstay protector can be much help.

Also Lizardskins are designed to be tight.

Walkertalker

Put cycle gear ajusting in youtube. You can see how it is done. Not that hard once you know.

Indranil

Took the bike to halfords and the mechanic took 1 hour to sort the gear shifting problem out.
The Lizardskin and the bike tape are now neatly under the gear wire.
Thanks all!