Chain skip

rob39
rob39 Posts: 479
edited July 2013 in Workshop
Hi All
Noticed some of the gears are starting to skip, I'm 100% sure its due to the cables settling in as the group is fairly new and no wear on chain/cassette. So how to I sort it

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  • dannyharris
    dannyharris Posts: 217
    Tried indexing the gears?
  • rob39
    rob39 Posts: 479
    No. How do you do this
  • schlepcycling
    schlepcycling Posts: 1,614
    This might help
    http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/rear-derailler-adjustments-derailleur
    'Hello to Jason Isaacs'
  • rob39
    rob39 Posts: 479
    Many thanks guys
  • dannyharris
    dannyharris Posts: 217
    As per above. ;)
  • ct8282
    ct8282 Posts: 414
    rob39 wrote:
    Hi All
    Noticed some of the gears are starting to skip, I'm 100% sure its due to the cables settling in as the group is fairly new and no wear on chain/cassette. So how to I sort it

    Yup, index those bad boys. But, read everything before you start. I have done this a few times myself now on my bike which is only 2 months old. Due to my inexperience I tinkered too much without having all of the information and made things worse. Then I really sat down and read up about indexing, and have since been able to get my gears setup absolutely perfectly. They now run extremely smoothly and accurately. Bt it has been a progressive learning process for me.

    Good luck.
  • johnny25
    johnny25 Posts: 344
    You might find this useful -

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTprZHCwoNc
  • Sprool
    Sprool Posts: 1,022
    Do you have barrel adjusters on your gear cables? I had some issues with my 9-speed Sram cassette when i first got my scott speedster 30. I allowed a couple of weeks for cable stretch but the gears needed re-indexing every ride. I found the barrel adjusters were slipping back each time with road vibrations. I readjusted them on the fly with the barrel adjusters but by another 5 miles they had slipped back again. I ended up binning the barrel adjusters and getting a better set that locked off more securely, and that solved the problem.

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