Have I forgotten how to shift?

[DDH]

Good heavens no I'm not offended Tali, ecspecially when someone is just trying to help. I do just shift one at a time. I don't think I would have enough cordination to try to do both at once. LOL


I'm with you CyclChyk on the spider, I'm not afraid of them either but hers does look creepy.

My shifters are ultegra and I think there is only one step up from that so I don't think upgrading is needed or the problem.

Thank you so much Salsa, I have tried to tell them the same thing. I kept mentioning that maybe it was only doing it while the weight was on there and such. I'm glad to know that I am not crazy thinking that. LOL
I think I am going to have him do that today, as long as he marks it where it belongs for me.
It reminds me of when a car has a problem and you tell the mechanic or your husband and it never does it with them. Irritates me. LOL

[SouthernBelle]

I have 105s on my Giant and have had the problem with it coming off the front. I've done 2 things that seem to have helped. 1 is to shift way up in the back before shifting up in the front.

The other is to continue pedaling until I'm positive it's off. Shifting up in the front is a little noisy sometimes so I was assuming it was slipping off. But stopping pedaling simply didn't give it the time to finish the shift so it would fall since I had stopped in mid-shift. So try pedaling a crank or 2 more and see if the chain picks up.

HTH

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

What Susan says is true- sometimes it needs a few extra round "between" gears in front before it picks itself up to the next gear. When this happens to me it's often because I've pushed the lever a bit TOO far and am overshooting the goal. I have bar end shifters, but the problem sounds similar. Try to let up on your pedalling force right as you shift- just sort of float your feet during the actual shift process- pedalling hard makes the gear/chain change more problematic.

[Tali]

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I'm with you CyclChyk on the spider, I'm not afraid of them either but hers does look creepy.

Yeah, it was creepy when I saw it crawling across the kitchen floor! That darned things body was as big as my big toe!!! I think the only reason I didn't freak out was b/c we were in New Zealand at the time and I was more of the "Gee, look at this enormous spider. I've never seen one like this before" mode. But I was glad I didn't see another in the house we were living in, or anywhere else, again!

[Trekhawk]

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Yeah, it was creepy when I saw it crawling across the kitchen floor! That darned things body was as big as my big toe!!! I think the only reason I didn't freak out was b/c we were in New Zealand at the time and I was more of the "Gee, look at this enormous spider. I've never seen one like this before" mode. But I was glad I didn't see another in the house we were living in, or anywhere else, again!

hhmm that does look nasty but if it was in NZ then it looks nastier than it is. No highly venomous spiders in NZ........another reason why I love the place.