long-in-the-tooth
New Member
Hi everyone, complete noobie here. At the ripe old age of 5o plus have strated riding for the very first time. Told my dad I was deprived as a child as I never had a bike!
Its going well and although I dont trust myself on roads yet have done various trips of 7 miles or so.
Bought a cheap (£!00) bike from toysrus and appear to have problems with the gears. I have already taken it back once and they tell me they fixed it but still going on. Basically it has a really poor twist gear change. changing from 1 to 2 etc is no problem but changing the other way is a nightmare as the gears frequently dont change or even gets to the point where the whole chain practically falls off the back (dont know technical terms yet)
Am I expecting too much from a cheap bikes gear change or it it just a simple problem that I should take it back to shop again?
apart from that I am really enjoying my new transport and getting fitter as well
Its going well and although I dont trust myself on roads yet have done various trips of 7 miles or so.
Bought a cheap (£!00) bike from toysrus and appear to have problems with the gears. I have already taken it back once and they tell me they fixed it but still going on. Basically it has a really poor twist gear change. changing from 1 to 2 etc is no problem but changing the other way is a nightmare as the gears frequently dont change or even gets to the point where the whole chain practically falls off the back (dont know technical terms yet)
Am I expecting too much from a cheap bikes gear change or it it just a simple problem that I should take it back to shop again?
apart from that I am really enjoying my new transport and getting fitter as well