Just getting started

[sadieme]

No.. I'm not one to start that sort of thing. 'Specially being a newbie myself. Maybe once I get more experienced..... I am in the middle of nowhere... and we are biggest town within 60 miles or more. Its a town of 20K.

My username is just like it looks. The name "Sadie" with 'me' after it. Sadie was taken, so I had to add something! LOL.

I like your name, although I didnt know what it meant until now. But I like it. I'm striving for the same thing!

[tytbody]

Now I can say it. Thank you Funny how we come up with names. (waving) lol

[sadieme]

Dang! I went out today for a ride and the gears did the same thing. The cable came out of the guide again. I ended up 4 miles from my car with only the very low gears to get me back! I got nowhere slowly! LOL

Back to the LBS on tues!

ohhh.. tytbody.....

[Velocivixen]

@Sadieme, do you mean that the shifter cables, where they pass through the cable hosing is coming away from the cable "stops"? The cable stops are the metal parts on the frame of the bike where the ends of the cables butt up against and slide into? I wonder what makes that happen? Maybe the bike shop can show you what to do when that happens so if you're out and it happens you won't be stuck somewhere in a high or low gear.

[sadieme]

@Sadieme, do you mean that the shifter cables, where they pass through the cable hosing is coming away from the cable "stops"? The cable stops are the metal parts on the frame of the bike where the ends of the cables butt up against and slide into? I wonder what makes that happen? Maybe the bike shop can show you what to do when that happens so if you're out and it happens you won't be stuck somewhere in a high or low gear.

YES! Thats exactly what it is. This bike came with some sort of light on the front of it, and that cable is getting caught on it and it ends up wrapped around it and I assume thats whats pulling it out of the stop. I tried to pull it and put it back in the stop... but I couldnt get it there. (came close though)

I am going to take whole light thing off of it so it wont happen again.

It sure was irritating though! Oh well....

[Velocivixen]

Could you take a photo close up and post it? Pictures really help and we have some brilliant folks on here. Thanks. Hope that your solution does the trick.

[sadieme]

Sorry its taken me so long to reply. I took some pics but they really didnt show anything. I did take it to the bike shop today.. and all he did was put the cable back in the stop and told me I can do that if it happens again. Although.. I moved the light, (its made to tilt down and that takes it out of the way) so hopefully it wont be an issue again.

Will be going out tomorrow morning to test it out! Keeping my fingers crossed!

Thanks