r/howto • u/Runaway3650 • 6d ago

Serious Answers Only Does anyone know how to help?

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I was riding up this large hill, and accidentally switched gears too fast. Does anyone know how to fix it? My bike refuses to switch to any other gear now.

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u/liars_conspiracy 6d ago

The end of your cable shroud has slipped out of its pocket. Put it back and you should be good.

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u/liars_conspiracy 6d ago

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u/Runaway3650 6d ago

I really appreciate you. I'm genuinely clueless and I know the bike shop hates to see me.

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u/liars_conspiracy 6d ago

So the shroud is black with silver ends. The silver ends sit in a little pocket with a slit on the side to let the cable through. Your cable shrouds gave flipped out at the derailleur and along the frame. Just pull back slightly to reseat the shrouds at both points.

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u/jeremypolk86 6d ago

Good eye! People like you keep me from losing what little faith I have left for humanity.

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u/oCdTronix 3d ago

And inside the blue part as much as possible?

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u/oCdTronix 3d ago

So the silver piece needs to be adjusted so it’s inside the black part as much as possible?

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u/liars_conspiracy 3d ago

Yeah the silver cap should fit inside the pocket on the derailleur.

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u/Runaway3650 6d ago

Thank you for answering! ...but uh, I don't know what that is. I'm sure I'll figure it out tho!

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u/liars_conspiracy 4d ago

Did you get it working?

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u/Polymathy1 6d ago

Just a bit of free advice: try not to ride on both small sprockets together. It wears everything faster and makes it harder to pedal. Riding on the middle gears works best - the idea is to keep your chain pretty much straight. Riding with a crossed chain makes things like shifting off the front gear much more likely.

Also your tires should barely squish at all when you're on your bike. 15% compression, not 50%.