Scruffmonster
Über Member
- Location
- London/Kent
Hi,
I came here maybe a month ago, had a sniff around as I was about to get a bike through C2W, that turned to hell so I had to go trawling the Gumtree for an acceptable bike.
I ended up buying a Raleigh Airlite 100 for £60. It used to look like this... http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/images/B000W45G80/ref=dp_image_z_0?ie=UTF8&n=318949011&s=sports
So far it's been solid, comfy, quick enough for starters and I've done a decent 35 mile hop that didn't destroy me.
However... I'm running on maybe 50% of the available gears. The chain rubs on the front derailleur at the two extremes, when running the chain on the diagonal. I don't feel I should be running these combos anyway so that's fine. The smallest rear sprocket wont play ball at all (Over stretched cable?), the actual changing of gears is so far off it's untrue at times. ie I'll select the gear, 30 seconds to minutes later I'll get that gear. It will jump gears on hills, I'm sure I've painted a bloody enough picture... Oh, and these gear issues are more evident when on the big ring, shifting on the small ring seems better.
So, what I'm after is advice. Happy to run it into a LBS, but what kind of fee will I incur in doing so? Do you think I'll be looking at a new chain, shift cables and then a fee for them to diagnose all of that?
Can anyone suggest a few tests I could do beforehand to maybe limit my costs? I know I sound like I'm after a magic wand, but this bike needs to be close to a no cost exercise. Any help appreciated,
Cheers,
Lee
I came here maybe a month ago, had a sniff around as I was about to get a bike through C2W, that turned to hell so I had to go trawling the Gumtree for an acceptable bike.
I ended up buying a Raleigh Airlite 100 for £60. It used to look like this... http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/images/B000W45G80/ref=dp_image_z_0?ie=UTF8&n=318949011&s=sports
So far it's been solid, comfy, quick enough for starters and I've done a decent 35 mile hop that didn't destroy me.
However... I'm running on maybe 50% of the available gears. The chain rubs on the front derailleur at the two extremes, when running the chain on the diagonal. I don't feel I should be running these combos anyway so that's fine. The smallest rear sprocket wont play ball at all (Over stretched cable?), the actual changing of gears is so far off it's untrue at times. ie I'll select the gear, 30 seconds to minutes later I'll get that gear. It will jump gears on hills, I'm sure I've painted a bloody enough picture... Oh, and these gear issues are more evident when on the big ring, shifting on the small ring seems better.
So, what I'm after is advice. Happy to run it into a LBS, but what kind of fee will I incur in doing so? Do you think I'll be looking at a new chain, shift cables and then a fee for them to diagnose all of that?
Can anyone suggest a few tests I could do beforehand to maybe limit my costs? I know I sound like I'm after a magic wand, but this bike needs to be close to a no cost exercise. Any help appreciated,
Cheers,
Lee