I rode my bike yesterday without any problems.
Today, it was shifting (rear) incredibly badly: when shifting up, it wouldn't "click" as normal, and if I did this 3 or 4 times, the gear might only move one cog, when then shifting down, it would just click 3 or 4 times with no resistance, like it had never shifted up.
I looked at the gear cable and it looked like it had a tiny fray, a little "loop" had formed, but now after cycling back 15 miles it looks like this:
Clearly the gear cable is broken. Is this normal wear (3600 miles, 7 months) or have I done something and what would I be looking at for a repair? Seems Halfords do a gear incl. inner cable service for £18, so I reckon an LBS would be around the same price (it's 105 dérailleur and shifters)? I might need to pay a bit more as I think the rear hanger could do with bending.
Today, it was shifting (rear) incredibly badly: when shifting up, it wouldn't "click" as normal, and if I did this 3 or 4 times, the gear might only move one cog, when then shifting down, it would just click 3 or 4 times with no resistance, like it had never shifted up.
I looked at the gear cable and it looked like it had a tiny fray, a little "loop" had formed, but now after cycling back 15 miles it looks like this:
Clearly the gear cable is broken. Is this normal wear (3600 miles, 7 months) or have I done something and what would I be looking at for a repair? Seems Halfords do a gear incl. inner cable service for £18, so I reckon an LBS would be around the same price (it's 105 dérailleur and shifters)? I might need to pay a bit more as I think the rear hanger could do with bending.