Ihatehills
Senior Member
- Location
- Cornwall
Hi all , hoping someone can help
Changing gear on my bike has become an issue in that some times it doesn't want to shift properly.
i had a go at adjustment yesterday but cant get it right, in that if I adjust so that the derailleur will smoothly shift up the cassette then it wont drop down the cassette on a couple of gears, half to three quarters of a turn on the barrel adjuster will get it shifting down but then it wont change up onto the gears that were giving trouble the other way.
The bike is around 5 months old and has done 1200 miles in the wet and muck and I haven't cleaned the drive train as often as I probably should. Are my indexing issues likely to be due to a knackered chain and cassette and how can i tell?
If not what else can it be ?
Hope this is clear, thanks in advance
Changing gear on my bike has become an issue in that some times it doesn't want to shift properly.
i had a go at adjustment yesterday but cant get it right, in that if I adjust so that the derailleur will smoothly shift up the cassette then it wont drop down the cassette on a couple of gears, half to three quarters of a turn on the barrel adjuster will get it shifting down but then it wont change up onto the gears that were giving trouble the other way.
The bike is around 5 months old and has done 1200 miles in the wet and muck and I haven't cleaned the drive train as often as I probably should. Are my indexing issues likely to be due to a knackered chain and cassette and how can i tell?
If not what else can it be ?
Hope this is clear, thanks in advance