Gear shifters? compatibility advice
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Hi,
After the theft of my much loved GT from university I have been without a bike for some time.
After using my brothers bike which only appears to have 2 working gears to go over the downs today I was given my friends mountain bike.
Its pretty much brand new, but the gear changers are... well rubbish. those twisty grip things and one is broken.
its an 18 speed fully suspended bike (think it was from Halfords originally) and i want to put on rapid fire changers. what do i need to know? also finding 18 speed ones appears to be like looking for needle in hay stack... so can i fit 21 speed and just not change right down in gears? or would that go very wrong?
any advice appreciated.
p.s. i am aware i should prob buy a much better bike. this will come once i have got back into it.
After the theft of my much loved GT from university I have been without a bike for some time.
After using my brothers bike which only appears to have 2 working gears to go over the downs today I was given my friends mountain bike.
Its pretty much brand new, but the gear changers are... well rubbish. those twisty grip things and one is broken.
its an 18 speed fully suspended bike (think it was from Halfords originally) and i want to put on rapid fire changers. what do i need to know? also finding 18 speed ones appears to be like looking for needle in hay stack... so can i fit 21 speed and just not change right down in gears? or would that go very wrong?
any advice appreciated.
p.s. i am aware i should prob buy a much better bike. this will come once i have got back into it.
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what make of mechs and shifters? how many gears on the back?
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good luck. take it into your LBS and see what they can do. i dont think it will be cost effective. unless they have some new old stock in the back some where.
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DOh
Cheers anyway.
i take it fitting a 7 speed changer would not work?0 -
yes it would actually. you just dont use one click. but still good luck finding one.
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so just to ensure i appear really stupid...
can i not use shimano 7 speed changers? seen some of these about. its the 6 speed ones that seam rarer than rocking horse pooh0 -
not seen a 7 spd for a while. if you can find some then yes they will work. had fun finding an 8 spd the other day.
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might need to change the brakes.
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yeh thats cool.
thanks alot mate. saved me days of chasing the mythical 6 speed changers on ebay and such like.
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like i said if the bike has cantis you will need to change them to V brakes.
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it is actually swish enough for v brakes already so can just change the cable over
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sorted then but suprized. replace the outers at the same time.
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ermm.... outers....
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gear cables. the shifter combo should come with the wire inners included. dont forget to order some outers for the cables. if the shifter combo does not come with inners then you will need to order both inners and outers for the gears and i would also replace the brake inners and outers at the same time. Note gear and brake cables are different.
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ahhhhhhh, i get ya
yes will do.
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i site you may find of use is parktools. linky in sig.
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Darn, that looks a great how to web link yet every link seems to be broken..0
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odd must have just gone down, was on there earlier today.
Fixed.
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