Shift the bike through all gears, high and low. If the chain does not transfer smoothly, continue to turn the cable adjustment bolt until it does. Many commonplace things that occur during riding can cause your derailleur to become misaligned. Bumps and jarring to the bicycle will cause your ...
This is also known as indexing your gears. If the gears on your bike are indexed properly, each single click of the shifter will cause a single shift up or down the gears, front or rear. In this step-by-step guide, we explain how to index your front and rear derailleurs by adjustin...
My wife's road bike has Shimano Sora shifters with a triple front derailleur (stock). The thumb switch on the front shifter is VERY hard to use and she can't do it when she's riding. I did a full adjustment of the front derailleur but it didn't change anything. One thing that I...
Locate the front set of gears, the ones nearest the pedals. These are the chainrings and your bike will have one to three of them in increasing sizes. The biggest one will be the hardest gear and the smallest one will be the easiest gear. When you shift with the left-hand shifter, t...
My wife's road bike has Shimano Sora shifters with a triple front derailleur (stock). The thumb switch on the front shifter is VERY hard to use and she can't do it when she's riding. I did a full adjustment of the front derailleur but it didn't change anything. One thing that I...
The front derailleur is the mechanism that shifts the chain on a bike with more than one front chain-ring. Its function is to move the chain from side to side between the front chain rings to shift gears; however, it has to do this with the top, taut portion of the chain. There are...
Shimano use STI’s levers – which stands for ‘Shimano Total Integration’. The shifters have two levers – a big one, and a smaller little one behind it. Trek Silque SL 2015 Womens Road Bike Reviewed The left shifter controls the front derailleur, and thus the chainrings. From Tia...
My wife's road bike has Shimano Sora shifters with a triple front derailleur (stock). The thumb switch on the front shifter is VERY hard to use and she can't do it when she's riding. I did a full adjustment of the front derailleur but it didn't change anything. One thing that I...
Find the right bike The first step to getting started with gravel biking is to find the right bike. As mentioned earlier, a gravel bike is specifically designed for off-road riding and typically features wider tires, a more relaxed geometry, and a range of gears suitable for climbing and ...
My wife's road bike has Shimano Sora shifters with a triple front derailleur (stock). The thumb switch on the front shifter is VERY hard to use and she can't do it when she's riding. I did a full adjustment of the front derailleur but it didn't change anything. One thing that I...