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David Harris
Guest
I bought a bike used off the net last year, and it's been
great so far. It's an older Specialized "Epic Comp" with the
unlikely combination of a carbon frame and aluminium fork.
The previous owner seemed to know what he was doing, and I
am now starting to learn.
Recently tho, I've got a problem shifting.
I can't get into the lowest (biggest) sprocket. I can shift
into the sprocket, but it won't stay in that gear, it always
slips immediately back into the next gear. I don't hear the
shifter "clicking". This had worked fine for about 16 mos,
and now it doesn't. I can ride in the lowest gear by
manually holding the shifter in the shifting position, but
it always returns to the other gear as soon as I let it go.
The der is a 600, the STI is Shimano 105 - I think the
original owner added this.
All else seems to be fine.
Sorry if this has been asked before, but I couldn't find it
thru google.
Any advice? What needs adjusting?
TIA,
Dave
ps - I'm panicking a bit, as I've signed on for my
first race - a
1/2 IM duathlon on Sunday. Undertrained, overweight, and now
a gear problem?. Yikes.
great so far. It's an older Specialized "Epic Comp" with the
unlikely combination of a carbon frame and aluminium fork.
The previous owner seemed to know what he was doing, and I
am now starting to learn.
Recently tho, I've got a problem shifting.
I can't get into the lowest (biggest) sprocket. I can shift
into the sprocket, but it won't stay in that gear, it always
slips immediately back into the next gear. I don't hear the
shifter "clicking". This had worked fine for about 16 mos,
and now it doesn't. I can ride in the lowest gear by
manually holding the shifter in the shifting position, but
it always returns to the other gear as soon as I let it go.
The der is a 600, the STI is Shimano 105 - I think the
original owner added this.
All else seems to be fine.
Sorry if this has been asked before, but I couldn't find it
thru google.
Any advice? What needs adjusting?
TIA,
Dave
ps - I'm panicking a bit, as I've signed on for my
first race - a
1/2 IM duathlon on Sunday. Undertrained, overweight, and now
a gear problem?. Yikes.