I am 67 now. I was told these Derailleur Gears were a brand new development. I had the first one sold to the public here in town.
The only problem was the cable between the gear shift on the Top Tube and the sprocket on the rear wheel kept breaking. It got to the point where I had to carry an extra cable and tools with me at all times. They said this was the cable they were now using on airplanes. I said, if so, I think I would rather walk. That was an expensive bike back when new.
I was just a paperboy. When I brought that home I got the 3rd degree from my dad on where did I get the money for this bike. I said the owner of the bike shop was one of my customers when I delivered the morning newspaper. Since I always got the paper to him on time and put it inside there screen door like they asked me to he let me pay for the bike at so much every so often.
That was a great bike and since then the cables are no longer a problem. Us kids in the neighborhood learned with our bikes that there was a whole lot of world out there beyond our neighborhoods. That bike started my love for the Corvettes. Counting the Schwinn as 1, I just picked up my 30 Corvette, a , a month or so ago.
Thanks for listening Thanks for a great explanation. I ride a good quality aluminium road bike - 3 rides a week - probably about 70 miles a week plus a few longer sportives in the summer. I am not interested in the latest carbon bikes, or shaving ounces off thwe weight of the bike etc. But I would like to use the most reliable set of gears possible - not necessarily the lightest just the most reliable even if they do cost a few bob.
If you have any advice I would be very grateful. Good article. What I don't understand is if it's a no no to use certain gear combinations, then what's the point of having all that gearing at your disposal if you don't need it.
Many a time I have gone up a hill on the big chain ring with the chain on the large freewheel sprocket! I have done this because it is there and it makes it easier. Plain English Very helpful thankyou. Great article! Crisp and clear. It is good to learn so much about the gears that we ride with. Thanks for the 'pregnant pause' insight, at first I had felt something wasn't correct with my bike however trying what I read made the difference. Interesting and useful article - I've used gears for years but had forgotten after a period away from bikes when to use the front rings most appropriately.
And you've spelt stationary correctly! Like many comments on here, I cycled everywhere as a kid- then got a bike in my 30s after not riding one for years and rode around, moaning about how bikes are just over engineered now. Every "one of the most common mistakes is I'm printing this page and going on a long ride around a car park as punishment for what I did to my not-so-long suffering bike.
Sorry bike, it wasn't your fault at all.. Great article I was struggling understanding my gears and getting that relationship between bike and rider right. But know were getting on much better and enjoying our rides. Excellent advice! Just got a bike for the first time in 20 years and I was making some weird sounds and after reading this, I think I was putting it in the rattling state of limbo you mentioned.
At first I worried there was a mechanical issue, but as I was sometimes successful with no rattles, I realized I probably needed to learn how to use it properly.
I'm really grateful for the info! Im a new bike rider, now i need to know what gear i should use before a hill and starting off. Thank you so much for this article! I haven't ridden a bike in over 15 years and just bought one off of craigslist to start getting more exercise and boy was I confused by all the gears this thing had. I guess my barbie bike didn't have all those fancy things. So this has helped me a bunch! I will save this page and continue to come back to it! Thanks again! Fantastic article.
Many Thanks. I bought my bike eighteen months ago. I have never used Derailleur gears before, only bikes with an internal rear hub, and as the chap in the bike shop simply wheeled the thing out of the shop for me, without so much as a word, I never gave using derailleur gears a second thought.
I have been struggling since, until I read your article that is. Thank you so much for telling me what I should have been told in the bike shop, and telling it so well. Now I know where I was going wrong, trying to change gear on hills and so on. Thank you again! Thanks to my grandchildren I am back on a bike for the first time in nearly fifty years - a scary but exciting prospect!
So far I have locked completely on a slope and another time my chain came off I shall no longer blame the bike it wasn't expensive and I shall go and practise in some discreet corner - thank you SO much for this article. This is an amazing article. I bought my first geared bicycle last weekend and rode it all over the neighbourhood and concluded that "gears on a bike are dumb and they do not help". Yesterday I stumbled upon this article when searching on gears, I was searching coz I didn't want to harm my chain by using and wanted to use just one gear for the rest of my rides, and it was an interesting read.
I will suggest all my new biking friends to read this. Thank you so much for taking the time to jot this down. This is a good article for sure. Just started riding bike again for first time in 44 years and it's totally different thing now with the modern gears, hadn't a clue, scary! Thanks for sane, not too technical explanations, really useful aid to understanding and practice; now I know why chain came off first time out! Will be practising, practising practising along our luckily quiet country lanes.
Also recommend The Cycling Bug short videos on cornering, putting chain back on and post-ride maintenance. I haven't ridden a bike since I finished being a student in Now I have a new bike again but I was so confused about the gears. I get it now. Beautifully explained. This is just what the doctor has ordered Thanx a lot Thank you, what a very well written article and most helpful to one who has been off her bike for a little while and needed a refresher course on gear use.
I"ve just started riding a bike again after 42 years and boy did I find a big difference in gear shifting as my last bike was a 3 gear twist grip this 18 gear bike is a different beast, after reading this item wow what a more enjoyable riding experience I'm now. Thanks for this! I just got my bike back on the road and starting riding it again after 20 something years, I needed a bit of a refresher on the chainset!
Thanks so much for the clear explanation. I decided to venture out and engage the LHS on a recent trip on my new bicycle. My gears locked up completely going up a hill and I was just barely able to clip out. I will shift earlier now. I really like the explanations and pictures of the gear angles. Only just got the bike, so only one short run so far, but this article has been brilliant in reminding me of everything I'd forgotten in the 15 years since I last got on a bike.
I have just bought a new road bike and was concerned about riding it and using the gears correctly. Your clear explanation and good advice will be of great help to me,thank you.
A fine work, fine articler! Things I had to find out with some pain sometimes phisical : are now clear and now there is the possibility to learn the rest easily. If I may ask a question: Does anibody knows where to get a rear hub with two freewheels, both right for usual cassette AND left for a single cog driven with a motor? Could Admin let me know in case of an answer? Thanks in advance! This is about the 15th article I've read and by far the most useful.
I really enjoyed the writing style. Very informative but felt as if it was non-technical - and with a sense of humour! Thank you! Thought I had better learn to ride a bike, not to be outdone by my 7 year old daughter. Got a very cheap bike to learn the basics but quickly went to an excellent bike shop to get a better one. I take delivery of it this Saturday, and my poor partner has been trying to explain the gearing has now given up and passed me the iPad with this article.
I shall be heading to the playing field on Saturday to practise, practise, practise gear changing! Just bought a new bike to help with my fitness as I am over 60 the gears were my biggest concern. Your easy to read article gives me a lot more confidence. Good thing I came across with this article. Now I'm gonna enjoy more on riding my bike. I recently got a new bike with derailleur gears. Never had one with those gears before.
I tried to change gears but failed miserably! I had no idea what I was doing. Thank God I found this website Thank you so much! You should write a book 'The Complete Cyclist', or something. You could go into detail about all aspects of the machine, plus peripheral things like how to be seen at night, safe cycling, etc. Cycle route maps could form a part of your book. With the popularity of cycling growing, you could be set up for life.
I would certainly buy it. Many thanks! Really brilliant! Thought I had just one question about changing through the front set and realised when I started reading that there was loads I didn't know.
New to road biking fitness training. Great explanation of gears now I realise the problem with shifting up onto larger chain ring. The shop never explained the pregnant pause so many thanks.
I too have been having trouble with the LHS trying to shift from 1 to 2. A really interesting and enlightening read; thanks! Started riding to improve my fitness a year ago but have had my left shifter on the lowest setting all this time because I didn't know how to use it.
I thought it would be safer to just use 1 to 7 on the right hand shifter! I will try to be kinder to my bike in future. I have printed this article off. I sat with the sheets whilst on my bike and read the relevant text, then slowly put into practice the rest. It came easier and easier. I used to ride an old MTB, very basic my new bike is much more specced up. As time is passing and my understanding and performance grows, I miss my old bike less and fall more in love with my new bike everytime I ride it.
Now I have had very infrequent crunches and when I do, I wince with the right amount of sympathy and understanding cursing my lack of timing and should know better now, but thats the point, now I do know better and 'm getting better all the time. New to mountain biking but just bought a brand new bike.
Had a minor spill a couple of days ago and the chain came off. After a quick fix, i started Shifting the front chainring to make sure no damage had been done. I was not shifting properly and thought that i had messed up my bike. Took it to a shop and they said that everything was working fine but i wasnt convinced.
After reading this article, i have a much better grasp and now know that it was a user error and not an issue with the derailleur system. Really clear advice, I just had my new bike delivered and was having a bit of trouble with my front Derailleur shift, but after your explanation, I can understand where I am going wrong.
Fantastic article, I would say most people do not understand gears and wouldn't admit to this, it was just the clear and jargon free information I was looking for. My wife found out yesterday what can happen with a poor chain line when the chain jumped off and jammed in the rear wheel throwing her over the handle bars and breaking her arm.
I'll be riding alone for a few weeks :. Many thanks this article cleared up a debate between my husband and I! I said we needed to use gears more regularly, he was of the opinion we staid in the same gear-ha! Cheers, Nice and clear. Didn't know about that the front and back cogs were meant to be in similar gears. Thanks for writing this article. It really cleared up some terminology, and even better correlated gear size with high and low gear relationship.
Once one gets use to it, using the derailed is quite intuitive. This is technical writing at its best: useful, logical, light-hearted. I learned everything I wanted to know and more.
Now I have the perfect reference to go back to again and again as I practice. The captioned illustrations are immensely illuminating. Thank you!! I am from india and started using gear bike. Your article is just superb for the newcomer like me in the bike work. A really useful trick to learn on multiple front derailleurs is where the rear sets overlap : on very changeable terrain shifting the front derailleur in the mid range can be smoother than changing when in bottom or top of the rear set.
I have recently switched my ride from a mountain bike to a touring bike and have not been finding it an easy transition. Your easy to understand advice should help me avoid crunching too much. Just can't help telling you your artcle is superb even for a bit of a veteran of 74 years who takes his now rusty machine to France for a spin. You know what sea water does. Thank you for your very clear and concise instructions these have been extremely helpful to a 63 year old beginner.
I really enjoyed your article - very informative. Can't wait to get in the saddle for training ride today! Doing Oklahoma Freewheel in June :. I have just bought a bicycle from America, delivered today , and I have yet to assemble it, but I am really looking forward to using it and your comprehensive and easy to understand article, has made that prospect even more exciting. The rear derailleur switches gears by moving the bottom of the chain from side to side. When you pedal the bike, the top of the chain is in tension -- the force of your legs pedaling pulls it tight.
It is this part of the chain that transmits the force from the front sprockets to the rear sprockets. The bottom of the chain is kept in light tension by the rear derailleur. Since the bottom of the chain is not under much load, the derailleur can move the chain to another sprocket even if you're pedaling hard. Sprocket technology has improved the ability of bikes to shift under load. The sprocket in the picture above is one of the nine sprockets in the rear.
Some of the teeth are shorter and wider than others -- these teeth grab the chain first during a shift and pull it up onto the sprocket. The sprocket also has "ramps," special grooves in the side that help pull the chain onto the sprocket. This will move the G-pulley slightly inward. Turning the barrel adjuster clockwise will give the cable more slack, effectively lengthening the housing. This moves the G-pulley slightly outward. Derailleurs are fitted with limit screws which are adjusted to stop the derailleur from shifting too far inward or too far outward.
The end of the limit screw strikes the linkage, and this stops pulley travel Tightening the L-screw will restrict travel on the left side. This screw controls the size of the gap between the guide pulley and sprockets. Jack Luke is the deputy editor at BikeRadar and has been fettling with bikes for his whole life. Always in search of the hippest new niche in cycling, Jack is a self-confessed gravel dork, fixie-botherer, tandem-evangelist and hill climb try hard.
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Tom Wragg. Immediate Media. Generally speaking, road and mountain bike groupset components will not work with each other. Shimano mountain bike derailleur compatibility All speed Shimano mountain bike components are inter-compatible — you could for example use an SLX M derailleur with an XTR M trigger shifter All speed Shimano mountain bike components are inter-compatible — you could, for example, use a XTR M derailleur with a pair of SLX M shifters All speed Shimano mountain bike components are also inter-compatible — you could, for example, use an old speed XTR M rear derailleur with new Deore M shifters Current 9-speed Shimano mountain bike components are compatible with older 9-speed road and mountain bike components, excluding the aforementioned exception.
SRAM road and mountain bike rear derailleur compatibility 7-, 8- and 9-speed SRAM components are all inter-compatible, regardless of whether they are road or mountain bike parts speed SRAM components are inter-compatible, regardless of whether they are road or mountain bike parts — for example you could run road shifters with a mountain bike rear derailleur and speed SRAM mountain bike components are not inter-compatible and speed SRAM road components are inter-compatible — meaning you could run a speed SRAM Red rear derailleur with a pair of SRAM 22 shifters speed SRAM components are not backwards compatible with speed.
The exception is eTap batteries, which work with all speed AXS and speed components.
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