I laid hands on my derailleurs

[alpinerabbit]

Just to let you know. I sort of moved into a new dimension.:eek::eek::eek:

My rear derailleur was totally off whack with random shifts and non-shifts (new bike, stretching cables, been to the shop already and it's far) - so I counsulted Sheldon Brown, may he rest in peace.

adjusted the tension on the back and the limiters on the front derailleur - I felt very grown up :p

[gnat23]

Congrats! The derailler adjustment was my first official tweek, too, and I felt like a complete goddess for figuring it out for myself instead of taking it to the shop.

Careful, you've now awakened a very curious beast! Those blue Park Tools will start becoming really attractive...

-- gnat!

[Zen]

I thought you were going to relate how you laid hands on the derailleurs, said "all you devils come OUT!", and the derailleurs were healed!

[malkin]

Very cool, rabbit!

Sheldon in; demons out!

[Nia]

very nice!! :)
I've just gotten curious about the workings, but i'm not quite confident to adjust it, nevermind know how it should be in the first place...

[BeeLady]

I'm reading the Park Blue Book Bike repair manual from cover to cover. Changed my flat all by myself the other day (no male influence within miles) and got my chain hitting my front dérailleur straightened out.

Indeed, what a confidence booster!

[KnottedYet]

Luuuuv that Park Blue Book. I also read it cover to cover, but haven't put any of it into practice yet.

(Luuuuv Sheldon even more. Snif. :( What a loss.)

[HipGnosis6]

I'm about to go that route myself... I'm honestly daunted. My bike's been unridden for long months and moved cross-country; it's out of whack but not *broken* and I think doing the work myself will be good for me. But then again... I've never so much as cleaned my own chain (I know, I know.... it got cleaned occasionally, just not by me), so I'm scared to get into it. And I'll need to lay hands on some tools; I've got a multi-tool and a couple of cheap screwdrivers and that's the long of it.

My roommate has decided that if I can adjust my own brakes, I'll also be able to restore his old lugged steel Raleigh.... yeah, not so much.

[alpinerabbit]

A local shop offers DIY bike maintenance, access to their tools and advice, for an hourly fee. cool eh?