Posted by: Bill in Dayton
OT-Cycling repair question - 09/19/09 04:44 AM
Wife and I recently started cycling and we picked up a pair of used road bikes from the 1980's. Our thinking is we wanted to see if we enjoyed this kind of riding, and if we did-we'd look at some new models for Christmas this year.
Patty's bike has a problem with its gear shifting. These bikes have the "Downtube shifters" type setup for changing gears. She went out for a ride the other day and noticed that even though she was moving the lever to change gears-nothing was happening. I looked at it and tested the full range of movement...not forcefully mind you...and now the right side lever will not move at all.
Does anyone have an idea of:
1) What caused this?
2) How we fix it?
Thanks in advance!
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Bill in Dayton
Patty's bike has a problem with its gear shifting. These bikes have the "Downtube shifters" type setup for changing gears. She went out for a ride the other day and noticed that even though she was moving the lever to change gears-nothing was happening. I looked at it and tested the full range of movement...not forcefully mind you...and now the right side lever will not move at all.
Does anyone have an idea of:
1) What caused this?
2) How we fix it?
Thanks in advance!
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Bill in Dayton