Shifting to big chainring

alanholden
alanholden Posts: 53
edited July 2014 in Workshop
When I go to shift into the big chainring the chain will sometimes not move over, however I can clearly see the front mech move, however this will only occur occasionally and after about 10 attempts it will change. This working change seems to occur when I am moving at a higher speed, any suggestions as to what it can be? when on my bike stand the change is faultless and works everytime.
Ribble R872
Giant OCR 0T-Full Ultegra-ish

Comments

  • Tjgoodhew
    Tjgoodhew Posts: 628
    I had exactly this issue with mine.

    It was SRAM Force 22 and would work perfectly in the stand but underload just wouldnt budge when i wanted it to. To the eye it looked correct and the mech was at all the right angles etc

    It turned out that i need more cable tension and simply pulling the cable really tight with a pair of pliers did the trick and it now shifts perfectly every time
    Cannondale Caad8
    Canyon Aeroad 8.0

    http://www.strava.com/athletes/goodhewt