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  1. #1
    Join Date
    Dec 2004
    Location
    Wisconsin
    Posts
    31

    I think I broke my new baby...temporarily

    So, I picked up my new ride on Saturday...a Specialized Ruby Elite, so pretty. Anyway, I couldn't ride on Sunday the weather was awful. Monday didn't pan out so I'm ready to roll on my first ride yesterday. It was very windy so I wasn't out for more than an hour.

    Enough background here's the stupid move of the day: I'm exploring the bike, running through the gears when I shifted from the smaller ring to the big one in the front. I did something bad 'cause now she won't shift back. I went through all the gears in the big ring hoping I just wasn't in the right "place" to shift but none of them worked.

    I'm going to run to the bike shop today on my lunch and fess up - hopefully they wait to laugh at me until I'm out the door
    Jenny in Wisconsin

  2. #2
    Join Date
    May 2008
    Location
    watertown, MA
    Posts
    37
    nice job
    I had to stop at my LBS yesterday because my Dolce sounded like it was shifting when I hadn't actually shifted. One small adjustment and two minutes later I was out the door with no issues. Just one of the many perks of buying a new bike!

  3. #3
    Join Date
    May 2008
    Location
    Grand County, CO and suburban Chicago
    Posts
    15

    I'm scared I might do that!

    I am still getting used to my gears and shifting between them. I'm scared to death that I will not be paying attention at one point and pull a shifting no-no.

    Hope the fix is easy and your back to riding fast.

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Jul 2007
    Location
    foothills of the Ozarks aka Tornado Alley
    Posts
    4,193
    Just a couple of cranks by your mechanic and she'll be good as new I"ll bet.

  5. #5
    Join Date
    Jun 2006
    Location
    Newport, RI
    Posts
    3,821
    Oh, that's not broken! No worries, it's minor.

    Broken is the fork is across the street, and the pedals are over your head!

  6. #6
    Join Date
    Dec 2004
    Location
    Wisconsin
    Posts
    31
    Funny!!!

    It was silly. They didn't even have to do anything. They just shifted it back for me. I guess my shifters can handle a triple but my bike is only a double. What I did basically is shift beyond the capability of the bike. Make sense? Anyway, I'm sure they all had a good laugh after I left!
    Jenny in Wisconsin

  7. #7
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Location
    San Antonio, TX
    Posts
    755
    All's well that ends well.

 

 

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