Weekend MTB Rides

[ridebikeme]

Limewave, glad that you had a good time! I know that you were stressed about your bike and its shifting problems earlier in the week...

[limewave]

The whole shifting thing was a DEBACLE. I picked up my bike from the LBS on Tuesday or Wednesday. It was not shifting properly. DH said he would recable it but did not get a chance to until Friday morning. We arrived at the race venue late afternoon and I went for my first ride on the bike. It would NOT SHIFT. At all!!! The back kind of shifted but the front would not budge. Then DH was mad at me and frustrated that he had to spend his afternoon fidgeting with my bike. He was trying to fix it and ended up ruining the cable. He stormed off to the car telling me he was going to get new cable. I kindly suggested we bring the bike along and that if they had a free mechanic maybe they could install the cable and fix the shifting. This brought on a whole new level of grumpiness in DH. But he finally complied. Thankfully the bike shop there could squeeze us in and were able to fix it while we waited. They did an awesome job! It was shifting perfectly after we left!!! Yay! There was a few hours through that mess that I thought I may not be able to race at all

[ridebikeme]

Oh! Great news!! Did you end up having to replace parts other than new cables? New cassette/derailleur? Just curious...

[limewave]

New cassette, new chain, new brake pads and new cables. Derailleurs seem to be working just fine for now, thankfully!