Missing out!
richie1973
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Wow, out sunday on my first ride. i have just purchesed a.....http://www.wiggle.co.uk/gt-gtr-series-2-2012/
I am new to road biking, yeh some of it due to the olympics but also some due to looking for an alternative to running when i pick up injuries. Why oh why did i not do this before!!! My first ride was from cleethorpes to mablethorpe plus return, 52.5 miles in total, i loved it. Yeh ok i am new to road biking but have for a good few years run 2 to 3 10k runs per week plus football and smaller runs. i am 39 so injuries a starting to worrie me, hence the road bike. I rode 52 mile and my computer sain i averaged 17mph for total distance covered, there was a wind but to be honest it was more a cross wind than a tail or head wind. oh and the ride is almost flat the whole way. my peddals have not arrived yet so i had to ride with custome flat pedals with no clips or straps at all. My bike looks amazing, well to me anyway, it is extreemly light and goas very well. i expected alot of feel from the road due to no susspension like you get on a mb, it was very little to be honest. the frame is in a matt finish, a bit of a mish mash on components but i got it for £700 so think all is well for my first road bike.
now my questions,
my chain jumped off, inside from the front towards the frame. also i get a lot of noise from my front deralier. should you be able to use the whole cassett in both front cogs without noise on a compact? do i need to adjust my front mech or poss swap for a better one? shifting in the rear seems ok.
also...i noticed that to stop the noise from my front mech i had to keep switching from 50 to 34 and vice versa. i sometimes found i wanted to run in the 50 front and a cog at the rear but i suffered the noise i mentioned, i switched to the 34 front but then had to go smaller rear which also gave me noise, i just couldnt find the right gear a lot of the time. any advice? (50 front in small cogs was to hard for me, when i moved to bigger reaf cogs i get more comfy but then get noise from front mech. i use front 34, to easy on some rear cogs, i move to smaller cogs, get to comfort zone but experience noise??? help!) i am aware of trimming but this only helps in the odd gear not all.
thanks in advance guys and gals, i am a newbie and welcome all advice, good or bad. i have missed out on so much enjoyment, being out on the open road felt so much like me time, just me and thet bike. i am so much gonna put in the miles.i always used to wonder what the lycra bunch got out of it, i see now.
ps, any tips on bike improvements feel free to moment
I am new to road biking, yeh some of it due to the olympics but also some due to looking for an alternative to running when i pick up injuries. Why oh why did i not do this before!!! My first ride was from cleethorpes to mablethorpe plus return, 52.5 miles in total, i loved it. Yeh ok i am new to road biking but have for a good few years run 2 to 3 10k runs per week plus football and smaller runs. i am 39 so injuries a starting to worrie me, hence the road bike. I rode 52 mile and my computer sain i averaged 17mph for total distance covered, there was a wind but to be honest it was more a cross wind than a tail or head wind. oh and the ride is almost flat the whole way. my peddals have not arrived yet so i had to ride with custome flat pedals with no clips or straps at all. My bike looks amazing, well to me anyway, it is extreemly light and goas very well. i expected alot of feel from the road due to no susspension like you get on a mb, it was very little to be honest. the frame is in a matt finish, a bit of a mish mash on components but i got it for £700 so think all is well for my first road bike.
now my questions,
my chain jumped off, inside from the front towards the frame. also i get a lot of noise from my front deralier. should you be able to use the whole cassett in both front cogs without noise on a compact? do i need to adjust my front mech or poss swap for a better one? shifting in the rear seems ok.
also...i noticed that to stop the noise from my front mech i had to keep switching from 50 to 34 and vice versa. i sometimes found i wanted to run in the 50 front and a cog at the rear but i suffered the noise i mentioned, i switched to the 34 front but then had to go smaller rear which also gave me noise, i just couldnt find the right gear a lot of the time. any advice? (50 front in small cogs was to hard for me, when i moved to bigger reaf cogs i get more comfy but then get noise from front mech. i use front 34, to easy on some rear cogs, i move to smaller cogs, get to comfort zone but experience noise??? help!) i am aware of trimming but this only helps in the odd gear not all.
thanks in advance guys and gals, i am a newbie and welcome all advice, good or bad. i have missed out on so much enjoyment, being out on the open road felt so much like me time, just me and thet bike. i am so much gonna put in the miles.i always used to wonder what the lycra bunch got out of it, i see now.
ps, any tips on bike improvements feel free to moment
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not sure about the noise... you shouldn't really be 'cross-chaining' which means having it in a big cog at the front and a big cog at the back OR a small cog at the front and a small cog at the back - because the chain will be at a funny angle that will make it rub against the front mech sometimes. There is a small allen key screw where you can adjust the front mech but you may find if you try not to 'cross-chain' and as you get fitter (not feeling like you cant find the right gear may be a symptom of that although 17mph avg is very good!)
You have a Tiagra front mech which is perfectly good.
oh - and get a picture up of the actual bike!!!
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richie1973 wrote:should you be able to use the whole cassett in both front cogs without noise on a compact?
No. Use the 50 for the small cogs and the 34 for the large cogs (with a bit of overlap in the middle of the cassette). If you don't do this you will get noise and wear your cassette/chain .
If you are dropping your chain you need to adjust the limit screws on the front derailleur. Youtube has loads of tutorials.
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thanks for the quick replys, i will upload pic soon. i found using the 50 more comfy but it does rub on the front derailleur even if i am in middle rear. just struggled to find the right gear for my pace, maybe a swap to a double front or diffrent cassett will work. i live in a very flat area.0
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pic, my new bike....phone had low power so no flash. lol. some of you prob have much better and more £££ bikes, i guess some have less but ereryone starts somewhere ey! i like it, it asks me to ride it evertime i look at it so i gues that works fine, lol0
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my bike0
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unable to upload for some strange reason, will post soon or look here.....http://road.cc/content/review/48496-gt-gtr-series-20
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richie1973 wrote:also...i noticed that to stop the noise from my front mech i had to keep switching from 50 to 34 and vice versa. i sometimes found i wanted to run in the 50 front and a cog at the rear but i suffered the noise i mentioned, i switched to the 34 front but then had to go smaller rear which also gave me noise, i just couldnt find the right gear a lot of the time. any advice? (50 front in small cogs was to hard for me, when i moved to bigger reaf cogs i get more comfy but then get noise from front mech. i use front 34, to easy on some rear cogs, i move to smaller cogs, get to comfort zone but experience noise??? help!) i am aware of trimming but this only helps in the odd gear not all.
I'm a complete n00b and probably have misunderstood you but when I bought my bike from Halfords the guy said that when there is noise coming from the chain slightly rubbing against the front mech, click the downshifter button once and it slightly adjusts it.0 -
Just started and 52 miles, nice one, enjoy riding.0
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BowtomePhil wrote:Just started and 52 miles, nice one, enjoy riding.
Yeah thats a great achievement! 52 miles is impressive to do on your first few rides out!! well done!
Keep it up and enjoy! It's been a while...0 -
Thanks for the good support guys, means a lot. yeh, bustacapp, your right. Its called "trimming" but this make little change in relation to the noise. thanks anyway.0
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I can use the whole range on my road bike using the trim, and while not ideal it will run ok small small big big. it does sound like you may have a cable clamp loose. This is often a cause of a new bike going off quickly.
Otherwise its a case of re-indexing the gears and setting the limits up properly.0
