gear help

Icyseanfitz

hey guys as anyone got some good links on how to setup up gears properly? my new slx chainset wont go into the big ring in the back (keeps trying but failing to go in) and when i put it in the smallest cog it falls off, im not too sure where the limit screws are on the slx derraileur either, are they the two little screws facing backwards? i must have the worst luck of any mtber to ever start this sport

Morgan

Yes, those are the limit screws.

http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/rear-derailler-adjustments-derailleur

http://www.utahmountainbiking.com/fix/rshf-tun.htm

snailsong

This might help, its not really that daunting, good luck.

http://bicycletutor.com/adjust-rear-derailleur/

Icyseanfitz

my major problem right now is that i have no bike stand (any advice on a cheep and cheerful one), one question guys say you set up the gears on a stand or upside down to work perfectly what happens when you put the bike on the ground with your weight? does that effect the gearing? this is doing my head in tbh because i just changed my whole chainset because of problems like these :mad: and of course i fooked up my rear juicy three brake yesterday trying to recalibrate it (loosened the wrong two bolts) /rant

Lashed

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

my major problem right now is that i have no bike stand (any advice on a cheep and cheerful one), one question guys say you set up the gears on a stand or upside down to work perfectly what happens when you put the bike on the ground with your weight? does that effect the gearing? this is doing my head in tbh because i just changed my whole chainset because of problems like these :mad: and of course i fooked up my rear juicy three brake yesterday trying to recalibrate it (loosened the wrong two bolts) /rant

The bike must be the right way up to set up the derailleur properly as part of the way that it works relies on its own weight to change gear.
A good cheap bike stand is to just hang the bike from the back of the saddle with a piece by a piece of rope just lifting the back wheel a few inches off the ground. You can spin the wheel then.
Of course you need something to suspend the bike from though which might be another problem.

Icyseanfitz

yeah the cheapest stand i could find on crc is about a 100 quid which is a bit much for me at the moment, anyone know of any second hand stands around?

Icyseanfitz

Lashed wrote: »

The bike must be the right way up to set up the derailleur properly as part of the way that it works relies on its own weight to change gear.
A good cheap bike stand is to just hang the bike from the back of the saddle with a piece by a piece of rope just lifting the back wheel a few inches off the ground. You can spin the wheel then.
Of course you need something to suspend the bike from though which might be another problem.

inspiration strikes i have big clothes line poles which i could hang the back of the bike from

Planet X

Thought you were buying rods?

Hermy

In the past I have used a Black and Decker Workmate.

Hail 2 Da Thief

Two dinner table chairs & a mop handle has done the trick for me!

Icyseanfitz

Planet X wrote: »

Thought you were buying rods?

i buy many things actually went fishing today....caught nothing though

Icyseanfitz

Hail 2 Da Thief wrote: »

Two dinner table chairs & a mop handle has done the trick for me!

did this today, sat down watched a load of videos, and got cracking took me a while but i figured it all out and the bike is now running as sweet as a nut....now im just waiting for my new brakes

Super Freak

Halfords have a handy little stand that raises the rear wheel and is usefull for servicing your gears.

€14.49.
http://www.halfords.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_11101_catalogId_15551_productId_522919_langId_-1_categoryId_212649

Good to hear you got the gears sorted.